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Originally Posted by htismaqe
Banking whether or not you win on a PAT being automatic is chickenshit, play not to lose football...
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well.. my dad is bigger than your dad so there. What the f are you talking about? No one is banking anything on anything. No one can foresee how a game is going to shift in the last few minutes. That decision is not chickenshit it's just strategy. It's strategy that coaches have been making since it's inception and in my opinion, rectifying the momentary boredom of fans is not a good enough reason to fundamentally alter the strategy of the game.
It's like not allowing a pitcher in baseball to throw over to first because damn near every time the runner makes it back safely. Will it speed up the game? Sure, but it will also result in far more stolen bases, making it nearly impossible for the catcher to throw anyone out. Asterisks will start appearing in record books because all stolen base records prior to the rule change will get blown out of the water. All because people want the game to move along faster.
There needs to be a better reason to change the rules of a game than "I'm bored for 10 seconds".