Ivy League Rule-Change results in Zero Concussions on Kickoffs in 2016 Season
For the 2016 season, Ivy League football games featured an experiment where kickoffs were initiated from the 40 instead of the 35, in an effort to increase touchbacks, and decrease concussions.
The league just released the findings of the experiment, and announced that it had seen zero concussions on kickoffs during 2016 conference play. In previous years, kickoffs accounted for 23.4 percent of concussions, despite representing only 5.8 percent of overall plays.
October 18th, 2017 at 11:25 PM ^
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October 19th, 2017 at 12:25 AM ^
I also remember a teammate who didn’t remember his name during halftime.
Gotta find ways to keep players safer from concussions.
October 19th, 2017 at 8:42 AM ^
7 years of football. Zero CTE 2 degrees from UM. i know some others are not as lucky but I think this is getting a tad ridiculous.
October 19th, 2017 at 1:07 AM ^
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October 19th, 2017 at 9:48 AM ^
just eliminate the kick off and give the team the ball at the 25? Speed the game up a little more and do away with the formality of the kick off
October 19th, 2017 at 10:11 AM ^
So we get less concussions AND less commercials! two birds with one stone
October 19th, 2017 at 11:31 AM ^
made these rules..eh
October 19th, 2017 at 12:11 PM ^
October 19th, 2017 at 2:02 PM ^
If moving the kickoff line to the 40 why wouldn’t teams just line up and punt from there? It’s a free kick you have the option to punt the ball instead of use a tee. Seems like a great way to pin your opponent back inside the 20. I would think this would cause even more collisions and returns then what we see now.
Also why not turn kickoffs into punts? Line up like a normal punt play and give the opposing team the opportunity to block it or you could fake/go for it but it would be 4th and 10. You never hear anyone complaining about concussions during punts.
October 19th, 2017 at 2:02 PM ^
At some point if you start altering the game too much it really starts resembling something that isn't football anymore. I think reducing the number of kick returns by moving the ball up is a good idea, which they have already done, but to eliminate kickoffs altogether IDK. Just strikes me that we are headed towards this future where the game almost becomes touch football, and at that point it is not even football anymore. I mean apparantly if you go by the Hurst play last week you can't even perfectly form tackle the QB anymore without a potential penalty.
October 19th, 2017 at 4:57 PM ^
Perhaps that's what they were saying in 1906 about the forward pass.
http://www.history.com/news/how-teddy-roosevelt-saved-football
October 19th, 2017 at 5:22 PM ^