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President Donald Trump On Monday, he opposed the NFL’s new kick-off rules, calling it “the distance between football is completely opposite.”
Dynamic kick-off rules are implemented before the 2024 season begins. The new instruction creates a landing zone between the end zone and the 20-code line. Players on each team wait between the 30-yard and 40-yard lines to receive or shoot down the ball.
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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Morristown Airport on Sunday, September 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Trump also expressed dissatisfaction with the kick-off rules last season.
“this NFL He wrote in Truth Society: “This ridiculous new kick-off rule must be removed. How they do such a big change so easily and quickly. It is at least as dangerous as a “normal” kick-off, and looks like (hell). The ball is moving, the player is not there, the whole of football is exactly the opposite.
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Miami Gardens, Florida, USA; New England Patriots run back to Antonio Gibson (4), returning to the kick-off against the Miami Dolphins in the fourth quarter of the Hard Rock Stadium on September 14, 2025. (Sam Navarro/Imagn image)
“‘Sister’ football is bad for the United States and bad for the NFL! Who has come up with these ridiculous ideas? It’s like “rolling back” the golf ball, so it won’t (almost!).
The league’s adjustment to the kickoff seemed to have paid a big dividend in Week 1. Last week, the team returned a 75.6% kickoff, the highest pace in any week since the 2010 season.
But, due to Pittsburgh Steelers rookie Kaleb Johnson suffered a fight Major error Against the Seattle Seahawks.
Denver Broncos guard Tremon Smith (1) returns to the kickoff between the Denver Broncos and the Indianapolis Colts in the NFL preseason game on August 11, 2024 at Lucas Oil Stadium, Indiana. (Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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Johnson bounced to the finish area, but the Seahawks rushed into the field to recover. Seattle won the game.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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