More ball, less stall.
That’s the XFL’s talking point as the league’s rules were officially announced Tuesday morning.
The league wants its games to look like the football everyone is used to, it just wants it to be quicker. And safer, and more exciting.
It’s certainly different.
Gone are extra-point kicks, touchbacks on kickoffs, the 40-second play clock and the overtime rules that no one seems to like.
The league has said it spent 18 months working on the rule book, getting input not only from players, coaches and medical professionals, but also from the fans, with a nationwide survey of more than 6,000 football fans.