He could go all the way….

The competition committee of the CFL meet this week and one of the big items on the menu was the kick-off return rules. The CFL has long been about offence and the kick-off return was one of its most exciting tools. Prior to the start of last season the league started enforcing a blocking from behind rule, in the attempt to protect the players. The result: there were only two kick-off returns as opposed to 14 the year before.

Maciocia (who sits on the committee) is quoted as saying there is a fine balance between protecting the players (who are admittedly in a very physical profession) and keeping the game exciting for the fans. Buono who voted against the rule change last year would prefer to see more protection for quarterbacks, given that the CFL is a QB driven league.

Well I am going to comment on these from a fan perspective and say bring back as much as possible of the old kick-off rules and bring in a couple more rules to protect the QB. I grew up being amazed by Gizmo and his electrifying returns and later on The Rocket and then (Better then) Ezra Landry, it is a key ingredient to our game.

Now as far as QB’s are concerned Buono is right that we need to protect the QB however he is a little self-serving considering the fragility of Dickenson.