The Canadian Football League (CFL) Board of Governors have approved several rule changes that were recommended by the rules\u00a0committee.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Some of the rule changes include:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Overtime\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0-If teams\u00a0remain\u00a0tied following a second mini-game, alternating two-point converts will be\u00a0attempted\u00a0from the three-yard line until a winner is\u00a0determined\u00a0<\/p>\n
-All attempts will\u00a0happen\u00a0on the same end of the field as the\u00a0previous\u00a0overtime mini-game\u00a0<\/p>\n
-Each team will be allowed\u00a0to take one 15-second timeout in overtime\u00a0<\/p>\n
QB Kneel ends half or game\u00a0<\/p>\n
A half or the game may end on a single kneel if\u00a0all\u00a0the following conditions are met:\u00a0<\/p>\n
-The\u00a0defence\u00a0does not have a timeout\u00a0<\/p>\n
-It is first down and the offence wishes to end the half or game\u00a0<\/p>\n
– There are 40 seconds or fewer remaining on the game clock\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dead ball spot\u00a0<\/p>\n
If a kick goes out of bounds through the end zone with no point awarded, or a field goal attempt strikes the goalpost and no points are scored, the ball will be scrimmaged from the 40-yard line\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ineligible\u00a0receiver penalty\u00a0option\u00a0<\/p>\n
Defences\u00a0will now have the\u00a0option\u00a0of choosing an incomplete pass when an offence is assessed an\u00a0ineligible\u00a0receiver penalty is called\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The CFL preseason gets underway on Monday.\u00a0The Saskatchewan Roughriders will host the Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Griffiths Stadium on Saturday, May 23.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Canadian Football League (CFL) Board of Governors have approved several rule changes that were recommended by the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-666254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=666254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}