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No reseeding for the playoffs.......
Re-seeding review
Just spoke with one club executive who, after emerging from the final meeting of the day, told me that the playoff re-seeding proposal would be put to a vote on Wednesday morning ... and would be voted down.
No surprise there. Most clubs are simply uncomfortable with the idea of a division champion not being at home for a playoff game because a wild-card team has a better record, which would have been the case under the new format. There has been considerable debate on the subject, but even the idea that teams would have greater incentive to play starters in the final week or two of the regular season, even after clinching the division, was not enough to sway opponents of the proposal.
The same executive told me that other rules proposals -- including elimination of the force-out rule, elimination of the 5-yard facemask penalty, and expansion of instant replay to include field goals -– would pass on Wednesday. The proposal regulating hair length so that it doesn’t cover the nameplate or numbers on the back or sleeves of the jersey has been tabled for future consideration.
Re-seeding review
Just spoke with one club executive who, after emerging from the final meeting of the day, told me that the playoff re-seeding proposal would be put to a vote on Wednesday morning ... and would be voted down.
No surprise there. Most clubs are simply uncomfortable with the idea of a division champion not being at home for a playoff game because a wild-card team has a better record, which would have been the case under the new format. There has been considerable debate on the subject, but even the idea that teams would have greater incentive to play starters in the final week or two of the regular season, even after clinching the division, was not enough to sway opponents of the proposal.
The same executive told me that other rules proposals -- including elimination of the force-out rule, elimination of the 5-yard facemask penalty, and expansion of instant replay to include field goals -– would pass on Wednesday. The proposal regulating hair length so that it doesn’t cover the nameplate or numbers on the back or sleeves of the jersey has been tabled for future consideration.
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