Adrift in a Sea of Rumors, Draft Combines and Rule Change
Well the times they are a changing with the Canadian Football League as a number of rule changes will play havoc with special teams in an effort to make the CFL a more entertaining league in 2015.
No one could argue that on a best point basis, 2014 was the year of the defense. I personally cling to the theory that the addition of Ottawa and the inadequate coaching at Canadian University and CFL levels have brought us to a stage where I could conceivably sign a contract and step in and play somewhere.
From a league standpoint, saying that CIS football is not structured to produce good potential pro athletes is not a wise thing; nor is saying the coaching at the league level is not doing its part to develop Canadian starters. So they decided to start with the point after touchdown and go from there.
This season if you want to kick a point a convert after a touchdown, you have to move to the 25 yard line to make the effort 32 yards in total. That is apparently the tipping point between 100 per cent convert conversions and adding some spice in the proceedings. If you are at Taylor Field facing a win and kicking a convert 32 yards into the wind is more trouble than its worth, you can scrimmage at the three yard line and try a two point convert.