I have devised a new form of Football

[Rob E Dangerously 0]

I dub my idea to be "Cubic Football" (for lack of a better name and thinking that the middle looks like a cube)

 

here is the design a made for a field, which came out bad on picturestage:

 

 

I'll have to put a bigger field design up

 

It's two fields together, they intersect from the 25 yard line on all sides.

 

Here are the rules I've divised for the game so far:

 

1. 11 men on both sides. Usual NFL rules with penalties apply.

 

2. While running down the field, one can turn onto the other field to run for the other endzone if he has crossed the line of scrimmage and is between the 25 yard lines. If he is tackled on the other field, the ball is spotted there. One cannot run onto the other field if it is behind the line of scrimmage.

 

You cannot take the ball onto the other field on defense or returns, only on offense.

 

3. To start the game, the ball is held by the referee on the intersection of the 50 yard lines ("The Crosshairs"), a player from each team comes out. The ref throws the ball up in the air and the player who gets the ball first gets to decide if his team will kick, recieve, or choice a field to start on.

 

4. The fields are switched at halftime. If the east-west field is used first, then the north-south field will be used for the second half.

 

5. Times:

 

1st through 3rd quarters: 12 minutes

"Lightning Round": Until one team has the lead and has scored two times in a row, or one team has scored two times in a row to make the game a tie. If this does not occur in 8 possessions by both teams combined, then the game is over and the team with the most points wins. Unless they are tied and then the game is put in overtime.

 

There are two Overtime options I will consider. A seems more reasonable, B seems like a 'shootout'.

 

a- Start on the 35 yard line, both teams get a shot at the goal, ala College Football

 

b- Start on the 20 yard line, both teams kick field goals until one team misses (example: if Morten Andersen and Gary Anderson were kicking, and they got to the 35, and Gary missed, and Morten made his field goal, then Mortens team wins). If neither team is ahead by the time that the ball would be moved from a 55 to a 60 yard field goal, the teams can either forfeit their shot and go to option a- or one can go for it right there (but if he misses, then we go to option A and the other team gets the ball). If both teams miss from the same distance, they can also chose to switch to 'option A'

 

SCORING RULES:

 

Touchdown on the regular field- 6 points

Extra Point- 1 point

 

Touchdown from turning onto the other field- 5 points (due to it being a shortcut). Example: if Jerry Rice caught the ball at the 40, turned left and ran down the other field (25 yards), he'd score 5 points

 

Two Point Conversion (pass, run, or a field goal attempt from the 30 yard line)- 2 points

 

Field Goal from 40 yards or closer (with the ball held on the 25 or closer)- 3 points

 

Field Goal from 41 yards or more- 4 points

 

Dropkicked Field Goal- 4 points [a dropkick is dropping the ball and kicking it after it has hit the ground, if I recall correctly]

 

Safety- 2 points, kickoff from the 25.

 

Have I lost my mind? Do I need to clarify anything?

 

or am I ripping somebody off?

 

Any comments?

[Guest The Czech Republic]

I like my idea, Hazard Football. There are obstacles, quicksand patches, guys with paintball guns, Burmese tiger pits...great fun.

 

"Pass intercepted and he's going! Past the fifty, the forty, the thirty and he hit the pit! He went down, and I mean DOWN!"

 

"That'll put him out for a while Gene"

[Rob E Dangerously 0]

thanks for reminding me of the Sega game, Mutant League Football

[Guest hardyz1]

Ahh, Mutant League Football.

 

Call Audible...Kill Ref

[Guest starvenger]

Isn't that QuadroPong?