Former President Donald Trump criticized the new kickoff rules the NFL introduced this season, saying the league shouldn't have messed with what was already working.
Trump: “I hated seeing what the NFL did with kickoff returns'' Posted on Truth Social Sunday morning. “We saw it tonight in the Steelers-Jets game. When you have something that works, you don't 'tinker' with it. You might not get anything after all. ”
playing cards stopped at the game On Sunday, I arrived midway through the first quarter of the Pittsburgh Steelers vs. New York Jets game in Pennsylvania and watched the game from a suite inside the stadium.
of NFL's new kickoff rules includes a number of changes aimed at making kickoffs safer for players and facilitating kickoff returns.
The kicker kicks the ball from his own 35-yard line, but his teammates now line up with one foot side by side at the opponent's 40-yard line.
Players on the kicking team also may not move until the ball hits another player or the end zone or a designated “landing zone” or the ground in the end zone.
Nine of the receiving team's players must line up in a zone between their own 30-yard line and 35-yard line, and seven of them must have their feet on the 35-yard line. Players in this setup zone cannot move until the ball hits the ground or hits a player in the landing zone or end zone.
here is the list Complete ruleset.
In general, these rules reduce the amount of high-velocity contact between players on the kicking team and players on the receiving team. Plays like this have historically caused a disproportionate number of injuries.
in Football Podcast “Bussin' with the Boys” President Trump also expressed his distaste for the rule, calling it “ugly.” He also added that he used to play soccer casually, but it wasn't for him.
“I didn't particularly like the idea of a guy from a bad area lifting weights all day.” [approaching me]” he said on a podcast last week. “It wasn't high-quality football, but I didn't really like it.”
Trump has long ties to pro football and was once the owner of the USFL's New Jersey Generals.
During the third quarter of the game, Steelers fans invaded the field carrying pro-Trump signs and disrupted play. The New York Jets are owned by Woody Johnson, who President Trump appointed as the US ambassador to the UK during his administration.
