“It’s going to be exciting and fun to see, but I think it’s going to open up the game for the boundary (receiver) as well, because you don’t necessarily have that sideline to help you quite as much.” “But now, because that hash mark has moved in four yards, he’s got a little more area to cover, so I think it brings the field closer and I think it gives the boundary (receiver) a little more space. Given such a well-established mindset, is the migration of the hash marks likely to impel co-ordinators who favour bend-but-don’t-break defences to bend - or, preferably, break - their philosophies? “If it does open up the game, even just a little bit, I think that was the motivation behind it, and hopefully it does what it was intended to do.”Īs it stands, the CFL’s defensive co-ordinators are generally content to deploy their players in zone (as opposed to man-to-man) coverage with the objective of limiting over-the-top passes.

I don’t think it’s going to change the game as we see it. “Do we know if it’s going to work? No, we don’t, but we’re willing to roll the dice and see what it does. “Is there a way we can increase scoring and somehow open the game up without drastically, in my opinion, changing things like the ratio? I think that’s why you see the hash marks (moving). And that, in turn, was diluting the impact of our huge field, which is perhaps the most unique thing about Canadian football.” A throw to him was consistently seen as too risky. “Our football leaders told us the current hash marks too often had the effect of taking the 12th man on the field - the receiver on the far side - out of the play. “Moving the ball closer to centre will encourage teams to use the entire field and their entire playbooks,” Ambrosie, who had hinted at such an alteration during a March 17 visit to Regina, said in a Wednesday media release. There will be a nine-yard separation of the hash marks, compared to the previous distance of 17. Each hash mark will be 28 (instead of 24) yards from the nearest sideline. Most notably, the decision was made to move the hash marks closer to centre field. On Wednesday, for example, the league announced a variety of rule changes that, ideally, will chart a path toward the restoration of the “49-49 with a minute to go” shootouts that Ambrosie clearly, applaudably advocates. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.

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