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Originally Posted by FRPLG
I think of "kick scoring" as fundamental to the game. Kicking is a significant part of the game even when removing extra points and fields goals from the conversation. Punts and Kickoffs can have a great affect on a game. It is only an extension to then include kicking in some other form to account for scoring directly. I don't see how that doesn't make sense. But the extra point had become so perfunctory so as to make it entirely pointless. It was time to introduce a little change to actually have some affect on games. Otherwise I would agree...just get rid of it since it means practically nothing.
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Again, I accept the reasoning behind the field goal. The validity of "kick scoring" has been compromised by the NFL itself, not only with the meaningless extra point but with the virtual elimination of kick returns.