[Elvis]

It’s the NFL that’s copying the UFL kickoff.

So what do you make of it?

[St. Loser Fan]

So what do you make of it?

So much better than the kick in to or out of the back of the end zone boredom.

Plus hopefully safer for the players.

But I think the NFL is modifying the rules a bit so it’s not a pure copy.

[Elvis]

So much better than the kick in to or out of the back of the end zone boredom.

Plus hopefully safer for the players.

But I think the NFL is modifying the rules a bit so it’s not a pure copy.

I really haven't been paying attention so this could be way off but my understanding is the NFL is doing something similar to what the XFL was doing but this year's UFL's kickoff is closer to the old NFL kickoff than what the XFL had been doing.

From the UFL:

https://www.theufl.com/league/rules

Kickoffs

Kickoffs will look like more traditional college/NFL kickoffs but will take place from the 20-yard line of the kicking team. A kickoff out of bounds will give possession to the receiving team 30 yards from the spot of the kickoff or at the spot where the ball went out of bounds. A kickoff that is untouched by the receiving team may only be recovered by the kicking team up to 20 yards from the spot of the kick.

So i think we have to go back before the merger to see something close to what the NFL is going to do...

[St. Loser Fan]

St. Louis is not a football town.
-Kevin Demoff and Stan Kroenke

[St. Loser Fan]

Went to the Battlehawks home opener
-the new turf and lights bought with lawsuit money help what it can with a bad venue.
-it’s still minor league football, but we took 4 adults and 4 kids at the price of one or two NFL tickets.
-I think we’ve entered another phase as nobody ever started a “Kroenke sucks!” like previous years.

[Dare]

The NFL will expand but not in the forseeable future IMO. If St Louis wants back into the NFL it must take a different tack. It would be more likely to put together a dynamic ownership group. The City would have to commit to the building of a new state of the art stadium.

The new ownership group should target a struggling existing NFL franchise. Teams are only as good as their ownership.

NFL expansion will likely focus upon international teams. Under the current political circumstances that isn't possible. But if things return to a more normal situation, then both Canada and Mexico/Latin America would seem likely targets. Case in point is that the CFL has nine teams, add one more team and they would complete 2 divisions. Travel north and south of the border normally would pose no problem as the time zones are the same.

That is nothing new. It was quietly explored by the NFL back in 1999. Instead the NFL added the Browns and Houston and Baltimore became the Ravens and the Oilers became the Titans.

The current administration is putting the NFL international games in jeopardy as the US simply isn't welcome internationally anymore. It's something that will have to be watched later in the year.