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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 819021"><p>The AAF had their inaugural games this evening, though I can't say I watched. Here are a few of the rule differences from the NFL, some of which I find interesting:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.covers.com/Editorial/Article/29d0ba40-2a47-11e9-a97c-0a73013d6078/The-AAF-The-Ultimate-Guide-to-the-Alliance-of-American-Football" target="_blank">https://www.covers.com/Editorial/Article/29d0ba40-2a47-11e9-a97c-0a73013d6078/The-AAF-The-Ultimate-Guide-to-the-Alliance-of-American-Football</a></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">No kickoffs! The team that gets the ball simply starts on its own 25.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">That also means no onside kicks. Teams can instead try an “onside conversion”, meaning they must convert a fourth-and-12 from its own 28-yard line to keep the ball. Teams can only try an onside conversion inside of five minutes remaining in the game, or if they are trailing by 17 or more.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">No point-after attempts. Teams must go for two every time.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Field goals are permitted, but not in overtime.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The addition of the “SkyJudge” referee, whose job it is to use real-time technology to correct missed calls that concern player safety and to correct pass interference calls inside of five minutes remaining in the fourth quarter.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Coach’s challenges: Each team gets two for the game. No additional challenges for getting one right.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Overtime rules: Each team gets the ball once and its first-and-goal from the 10. You must score a touchdown and go for two. Games can end in ties.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">No blitzing! No more than five players can rush on passing plays and those rushers can only line up from a position no more than two yards outside the widest offensive lineman and more than five yards from the line of scrammage. This is what the league is calling the "defensive pressure box." So what does this mean? No delayed blitzes. No corner blitzes. Basically no exotic blitzes. And the punishment for illegal blitzing is severe: a 15-yard illegal defense penalty.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A 35-second play clock, as opposed to the NFL's 40-second play clock.</li> </ul><p>I read elsewhere their objective is to play games in 2 1/2 hours. Of course if this leagues takes off, the TV timeouts will be back. <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 819021"] The AAF had their inaugural games this evening, though I can't say I watched. Here are a few of the rule differences from the NFL, some of which I find interesting: [URL]https://www.covers.com/Editorial/Article/29d0ba40-2a47-11e9-a97c-0a73013d6078/The-AAF-The-Ultimate-Guide-to-the-Alliance-of-American-Football[/URL] [LIST] [*]No kickoffs! The team that gets the ball simply starts on its own 25. [*]That also means no onside kicks. Teams can instead try an “onside conversion”, meaning they must convert a fourth-and-12 from its own 28-yard line to keep the ball. Teams can only try an onside conversion inside of five minutes remaining in the game, or if they are trailing by 17 or more. [*]No point-after attempts. Teams must go for two every time. [*]Field goals are permitted, but not in overtime. [*]The addition of the “SkyJudge” referee, whose job it is to use real-time technology to correct missed calls that concern player safety and to correct pass interference calls inside of five minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. [*]Coach’s challenges: Each team gets two for the game. No additional challenges for getting one right. [*]Overtime rules: Each team gets the ball once and its first-and-goal from the 10. You must score a touchdown and go for two. Games can end in ties. [*]No blitzing! No more than five players can rush on passing plays and those rushers can only line up from a position no more than two yards outside the widest offensive lineman and more than five yards from the line of scrammage. This is what the league is calling the "defensive pressure box." So what does this mean? No delayed blitzes. No corner blitzes. Basically no exotic blitzes. And the punishment for illegal blitzing is severe: a 15-yard illegal defense penalty. [*]A 35-second play clock, as opposed to the NFL's 40-second play clock. [/LIST] I read elsewhere their objective is to play games in 2 1/2 hours. Of course if this leagues takes off, the TV timeouts will be back. ;) [/QUOTE]
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