The USFL, the new spring football league which opens play next month, unveiled a unique set of rules Wednesday, to set itself apart from the NFL and college football.
They range from progressive... to downright nutty.
Probably the most outlandish of the league’s departures from normal is a third option for a conversion after a touchdown. You can try a 33-yard kick for one point, run a play from the 2-yard line for two, or try a scrimmage play from the 10-yard line for three points.
I love this. It opens up so many different permutations for late-game situations, extending the equations of the “two-score” game to 18 points.
The overtime format is also way different from the NFL. It’s actually closest to the NHL. Each team will alternate plays from the 2-yard line. A successful try is worth two points, and each team will get three attempts. If the game is still tied, it continues until there’s a winner.
Not bad, but not great either. I’m not sure that any football overtime format will please everyone, but they took a shot.
How about this: the USFL will make it legal to throw two forward passes behind the line of scrimmage. This is wild, but it’s also hard to get your head around how this could actually work. I fell like Chip Kelly came up with this rule somehow.
The league also offers a second option to onside kicks: the kicking team can run a 4th-and-12 play from its own 33-yard line. If they convert, they keep the ball. If not, the defense gets the ball.
The NFL has kicked this wrinkle around in recent years, and I’m a big fan. The onside kick is nearly impossible to recover, at least within today’s NFL rules. This option has a far higher success rate.
The new league will borrow (kind of) from college football for late-half situations. They will stop the clock for first downs within the lasts two minutes of each half.
Some other notable rules:
• All kickoffs from the 25-yard line. No kicking team member can line up further back than one yard. Receiving team must have eight players between the 35 and 45-yard lines. If the kick travels 20 yards, the first touch must be by the receiving team. If there’s an untouched dead ball, the receiving team gets the ball at that spot.
• Each team gets one replay challenge per game.
• In cases of defensive pass interference, college rules apply: within 15 yards of the line of scrimmage, it’s a spot foul. Beyond 15 yards, the penalty is 15 yards.
• However, if the pass doesn’t cross the line of scrimmage, there are no PI penalties, or ineligible player downfield penalties.
The USFL certainly set itself apart with these new rules. Does it make it more watchable? That remains to be seen.
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