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Originally Posted by KI Skins Fan
I was talking about extra points, not field goals. Extra points would not even exist if I had my way. For the record, I'm not too crazy about FG's either but I can see some justification for having them as part of the game.
The rationale for the extra point is weak, as illustrated below:
TD - You get 6 points for putting the ball in the end zone.
FG - You get a chance to score 3 points because you have gained good enough field position to try for it.
Safety - You get 2 points and the ball because you forced the other team back into it's own end zone.
Extra Point - You get to try for one or two points because...well, because you just got six points.
It makes no sense to me that one touchdown should, in effect, be worth less than another touchdown because of a failed extra point attempt. That is especially so because teams only get to try for extra points when they score touchdowns. The extra point itself has no standalone value in the NFL's scoring system. That's because the extra point itself doesn't represent any team accomplishment meaningful enough to be worth a point on its own. So why should a practically meaningless extra point determine a game?
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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.