The XFL is gone and isn’t coming back. But the seeds left behind will grow in the NFL, in the form of rule changes. Pro football almost surely will embrace some of the experimental changes the XFL tried.
For the Wednesday Oklahoman, I wrote about Bob Stoops’ abbreviated season coaching the Dallas Renegades. You can read that column here.
Stoops said two rule changes he really liked were the kickoff and extra points.
First, the kickoffs. Kickers still kicked off from their own 30-yard line, but the rest of the kicking team was stationed at the receiving team’s 35, with the receiving team stationed at its 30.