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I agree
Tom, thanks for the opinions. I am presently giving some thought as to what Zeke mentioned and mulling that over at this time. I fully concur with making the end zones "live" regarding kicks. There is a great deal of confusion on the part of the coaches with this rule. Many coaches feel as though the ball is still alive when it penetrates the plane of the end zone on a kick, be it free or scrimmage. Personally, I have a problem awarding a touchback on a play where R muffs a kick which rolls into the end zone from the field of play. But, force is NOT a factor when a kick enters R end zone. As to PSKE (post scrimmage kick enforcement), I feel this change would align NCAA and Fed. rules. Generally, I'd like to see the Fed., NCAA, and NFL rules all be aligned. It seems that Fed. and NCAA statutes come a bit closer each year. Hopefully, they'll become even moreso in the not so distant future. The timing rule adopted by the Federation several years ago was suppose to add no more than "10-15 minutes" to each game. I haven't seen this at all. I believe it adds 30-45 minutes or more to a varsity contest. I, too, do not look for it to change in the foreseeable future. Good posting, Tom. I am presently working on a response to Zeke's. Joe Calderazzo, Southwestern Indiana Officials' Association
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