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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman
Didn't the CFL (though not Football Canada) adopt 2-way scoring on converts? Am I misremembering, or did they abolish it after a while?
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For years I've been posting Canadian rulings and you are the first to mention something that brings up the fact that I should really be saying, for all my Canadian Rulings posts, "Canadian Amateur Ruling".
Since the CFL, if ever in my future, is a long ways away, my approach is to assume the amateur game.
But yes, B can earn two points for scoring a TD on A's PAT. In fact, the recent re-launch of the CFL magazine had a story about scoring points and some history of scoring points (TDs were once worth 5 points, etc). In the article they failed to mention B's 2 points for a TD on A's PAT. I promptly wrote a letter to the editor and in the next issue, it was published! There it was: in print: my name.
If FC ever had 2-way scoring on PATs, it was way before my time. And for long as I've known, the CFL has had 2-way scoring on PATs.
Edit: True Story:
Watching a CFL game once and team B had a big lead at halftime. Into the 4th, A is catching up and late in the 4th (< 2min left), A scores a TD to take a 1-point lead. They go for 2 for the 3 point lead in the event that B is in place to kick a FG on their last possession of the game. So Team A throws a forward pass, and...... and...... B intercepts, and runs it back 115 yards for 2 points. Now B has the lead again, by 1. A subsequently kicks off to B and B runs out the clock.
It was a crazy finish. A played nearly perfect football in the 2nd half; then the interception came.