Reaction continues to pour in over the CFL’s announced changes that come into effect over the next two seasons. Special teams might be affected the most with goal posts shifting to the back of the new 15-yard deep, end zones—Riders' kicker Brett Lauther thinks that it may help him.
“You're gonna have to kick longer field goals getting down to the red zone. The 20 yards plus the 15, you're looking at 35, it's a 43-yard field goal, so you'll have to get down inside the teams like 30-35 to kick some pretty long ones, and maybe it could help.”
Quarterback Trevor Harris isn’t sure if moving the uprights will impact the passing game.
“I neither hate it nor love it. I have seen people run into it, which is pretty wild, but you do kind of talk about it when you're backed up. You can't work the field because you know it's in the way. I know some teams that use the field goal post as a weapon or a deterrent, and some DBs try to hide behind it. So you know the little things like that.”
Concern has been voiced over the impact on amateur football, but head coach Corey Mace is confident everything will fall into place.
“I grew up in BC, where we played American football, and then in the community, you play Canadian football, and the fields are always crazy, whatever it is. I'm not sure what that will look like, but ultimately, knowing our commissioner and how much grassroots football is important to him, I'm sure there will be some kind of plan for that. Specifically in this province, I don't care if you do it in a parking lot, kids love football here, so it's awesome.”
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