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2023 RATIFIED RULE CHANGES

The requirement for the ball to be touched prior to ruling a rouge on a kickoff has been removed.

• This change aligns the rouge rule on kickoffs with all other types of kick plays.

A safety has been added to the options for holding in the team’s own goal area.

• When a team commits a holding foul in their own goal area while in possession of the ball in their goal area, a safety has been added to the options available to the other team.

The defensive formation has been restricted on kick plays.

• The number of players within two yards of the line of scrimmage on either side of the long snapper has been restricted to a maximum of six players at the snap.
• This restriction does not apply if the offence lines up in an unbalanced line or if an offensive player moves or motions from their initial position.
• This restriction only applies to field goal and kicked convert attempts.
• This change is in the spirit of player safety to avoid grossly overloading the defensive line on one side of the long snapper.

Avoidable contact with an official

• It shall be illegal for a player, or an authorized member of a team bench area, to make avoidable contact with an official.
• This includes providing a safe workspace by keeping the sidelines clear during play. Officials cannot properly officiate a game if their attention is being diverted to the sidelines in hopes of avoiding collision or injury.
• When an official is contacted by a player, or an authorized member of a team bench area, officials will be permitted to check with the command centre to assist with a judgment as to whether contact was “avoidable” and if so, a 10-yard objectionable conduct penalty will be applied.
• This change will allow the officiating staff to call these actions confidently with command centre help. It will also bring much needed attention to the requirement of providing a safe workspace for officials.
• This change complements and builds upon existing rules regarding contacting officials that may result in ejections.

Move the drive start position up five yards in additional scenarios:

1. Section 5A – If a kicked ball strikes the goal post assembly in flight and when Team B intercepts a ball or recovers a fumble in their own goal area, the next point of scrimmage will be the 30-yard line.
2. Section 5B – Penalty applications with fouls in the goal area will be applied from the 30- or 15-yard line dependent upon the foul.
3. Section 6C – When a penalty or ruling awards possession of the ball to the opponent, the point of possession will move up 5 yards.
4. These changes align the drive start adjustment made in 2022 with other scenarios.

Teams cannot have players wear 0 and 00

Players shall be identified by the following numbering:

• Eligible receivers will wear numbers 0 or 00-49 and 70-99.
• Ineligible receivers will wear numbers 50-69.

Having two players on the same team wearing 0 and 00 creates significant issues with the statistical and scouting systems the teams deploy. This change allows only one player from each team to wear the number 0 or 00.

16 hours ago, Geebrr said:

They’re cosplaying a great culture. They think it is great because nobody knows better. 

They know better but have collectively chosen to ignore it...AS A TEAM. Solidarity in that locker room.  Tight knit. No outsider is going to tell them about the culture they have cultivated. 

Edited June 7, 20232 yr by GCn20

17 hours ago, Geebrr said:

They’re cosplaying a great culture. They think it is great because nobody knows better. 

A lot of teams that stop being terrible fail to recognize the difference between a great winning culture and great guys to hang out with. I guarantee the practices and locker room on Jordan’s bulls was not easy going. Greatness comes at a steep price. One that can only be paid when all the players buy in to the team being more important than any individual. 
 Most teams that go from bad to in the play offs never take the next step to contention because they won’t or don’t even know the price of admission. We built around guys like randle and Bryant, who came in with that knowledge. They lead by example and taught the guys we had. If a guy played well but didn’t buy in they were gone. 
 

We built around culture and work ethic. Not a star player or athletes or a strategic concept. 

Well said. 

On 2023-06-06 at 9:21 AM, Wanna-B-Fanboy said:

Didn't the BC lions want to have a show down in a ******* parking lot with Calgary last year? Like a bunch of players (BC vets and starters) try and start something? 

And Kongbo... he... he.. fits into a solid locker room? Is a professional? 

I guess we can wait for all the facts and all that jazz... but as history goes, I am going to give JK the benefit of the doubt before BC 

I'm wondering how much that organization misses Wally Buono's daily influence.

1 hour ago, HardCoreBlue said:

I'm wondering how much that organization misses Wally Buono's daily influence.

This is a great point. Wally hasn’t been a great x and o guy. I wouldn’t even say he was a great developer. He recognized ast coaches who covered for his short comings extremely well and developed fantastic culture. 
 More than any thing he knew character and what was needed. Which goes hand in hand with being a contract clean up guy after franchises bottom out. I can only imagine how good edm would be if they had listened to him about a hc.