Owners will vote to shorten OT to 10 minutes. Also, allow for a second player to come off IR during the season.

[nctarheel0619]

NFL owners are set to pass a regulation to give teams more flexibility to teams dealing with injuries.

NFL Network's Judy Battista reported Wednesday that at next week's Spring League Meeting, owners plan to vote on a proposal allowing a second player to come off injured reserve in a season. The proposal is likely to pass, per Battista.

The NFL began allowing teams to bring back one player from IR in 2012. Those players must sit out at least eight weeks. The first few seasons those players needed to be "designated for return" when placed on IR. In 2016, owners adjusted the rule, allowing teams to designate a returning player at the time they bring them back to the roster.

Adding an additional return designation should have plenty of support. Adding another returning player benefits team flexibility and pushes off difficult decisions on potentially shutting down injured players. It also provides hope to players injured in the offseason or early in the year that they will still have a chance to come back.

While the new return rule should get support from outside owner's room, the league will also vote to reduce regular-season overtime from 15 to 10 minutes, which has garnered much more criticism.

Per Battista, owners are expected to approve the proposal that was previously tabled to condense overtime.
 

 

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[therealmjl]

I approve.

[nctarheel0619]

Just now, mjligon said:

I approve.

I approve you, approving the rule changes.  

[Nate Dogg]

We've got 500 commercials in every single game. We've got quarterbacks out here getting speared above the neck and guys intentionally trying to rip their heads off with refs who won't call penalties equally for all players. We don't even know what a catch is. But, thank God, our overtimes have been reduced from 15 minutes to 10!!!

[XOBlackxJokerOX]

1 minute ago, Nate Dogg said:

We've got 500 commercials in every single game. We've got quarterbacks out here getting speared above the neck and guys intentionally trying to rip their heads off with refs who won't call penalties equally for all players. We don't even know what a catch is. But, thank God, our overtimes have been reduced from 15 minutes to 10!!!

Just like kick-offs, sudden death OT, and the extra point, these guys need to stop making rule changes for the sake of rule changes. It's getting to the point where it seems they're just giving themselves something to do in the off-season because they're bored smdh... 

[AggieLean]

Good with both.