TORONTO — The CFL’s board of governors has approved a rule change requiring teams to go for a two-point convert in overtime rather than kick for a single point.
“It’s now official,” Tom Higgins, the CFL’s director of officiating, said in a statement Wednesday.
“The governors have agreed with our committee, and our fans, that the two-point convert will make an exciting approach to overtime even more exciting, with a pass or run with the game potentially on the line replacing a kick that has become relatively routine.”
The board also approved three other rules committee recommendations:
— A team that gives up a field goal (during regulation time) will have the option of scrimmaging from its 35-yard line instead of receiving a kickoff.
— There will be no penalty for pass interference if a forward pass is deemed uncatchable.
— When a ball is punted, hits the ground and hits a player from the covering team, the ensuing penalty will be five rather than 15 yards.
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