(01-27-2022, 03:35 PM)wassy04 Wrote:

(01-27-2022, 10:56 AM)mikesez Wrote: That is how they do it in baseball.  I think home teams have enough advantages already.  Unless we're going to adopt college overtime rules which eliminate the advantage of going first, I'd really like to see who goes first decided by a quick athletic competition.  "Who can kick the farthest" seems like the quickest and most football-like contest to me.  Or you could stage some sort of sumo-like contest between two linemen.  Treat both men as ball carriers, first to be ruled "down" or "holding" loses.

My other suggestion was essentially gonna kicking penalties like in English football. Just get the kickers to take turns kicking 50 yard field goals till someone misses

American football has been more about touchdowns since the days of Walter Camp, maybe before that.  I want the game to end when the first touchdown is scored.  I just want a non random, athletic way to decide who goes first.
Remember the punt pass and kick competition?
Each team gets one try to see who can punt, pass, or kick the farthest.  
Or do all three, best two out of three gets the ball first. Have each punter, kicker, and QB line up at the goal line.
Spice it up a bit.  Send out receivers for all three.  A drop would count as zero yards.  Very quick.  Athletic. Non contact.

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