INDIANAPOLIS — By as early as next week, kickoffs in the National Football League could become much more exciting — not to mention much safer.
The league’s 32 owners are expected to vote on several proposed rule changes at the annual Spring League Meeting in Atlanta, where the kickoff will be a huge point of emphasis after an informative player safety summit earlier in the month that included the league’s Competition Committee and various NFL special teams coaches.
In short: the league wants to see much fewer injuries on kickoffs that have been the result of the oftentimes high-speed collisions that the current rules allow.