and why not? you no how hard it is to go from looking up for the ball to looking for a way to get away from a tanked out special teams player? bet ull be the first to complain when our PR get's injured though.
Any rule (5 yards) that results in a failure rate of at the very least 75% is a ridiculous rule. I believe that it's time the CFL grew up and adopted the "Fair catch" rule from American Football. It works and we need to put our silly CFL pride aside and acknowledge something good.
Fair catch saves your players from spending the season on the injury list plus eliminates the unecessary need to throw the no yards flag 90% of the time. Isn't that a good enough reason to bring this rule to the CFL?
Your statement of a 75% failure rate is an educated guess. This would be a great question to forward to Tom Higgins to see if he has the numbers on this.
I don’t like the fair catch, kick returns and punt returns encourage speed, excitement and more chances for scoring. Gizmo, Pinball, Trizmo et al have excited CFL fans with their electrifying returns over the years.
No way, I hate watching an NFL game where it's fair catch after fair catch, it's so boring. The no yard's rule is so every punt needs to be returned, adding to the excitement of the game. I could imagine how many more punt return TD's there would be in the NFL if they adopted our rule.
i love the fact that every punt needs to be returned in the CFL, unlike the NFL where the returner feels if he can't return it need to ask permission to catch the football.
yes the no yards rule can be brutal at times if not all the time. I would rather have a returner try to make the game exciting by returning the football everytime he touches the ball, as oppose to giving himself up and having the team scrimmage where he caught the ball.