Ohio State’s Ryan Day has radical idea that would change college football forever
By Ethan Lee
Ohio State head coach Ryan Day has an idea that could revolutionize college football.
The best college football coaches are innovative and willing to think outside the box. They want to find new ways to improve circumstances and situations and don’t generally sit around waiting for change, they make it happen. Ryan Day is one heck of a football coach and it’s unsurprising that he’d support something that could help better protect players.
According to Dan Hope of Eleven Warriors, if given the opportunity, Day would voice his support for doing away with kickoffs in college football. Instead of having the game start with a kickoff, it would start with the offense having the ball at a predetermined spot on the field.
In this case, that predetermined spot would be the 25-yard line.
On his weekly radio show, Ryan Day said he would vote to do away with kickoffs and have offenses start at the 25-yard line every time for player safety reasons, though he still thinks onside kicks should be allowed.
— Dan Hope (@Dan_Hope) October 14, 2021
However, while the move would be a monumental change for college football, Day doesn’t want to get rid of special teams entirely. He did add that he currently would want onside kicks to still be available.
Ohio State head coach Ryan Day wants to eliminate kickoffs
The move would be drastic and would fundamentally alter college football, but it could also help keep players safer. This idea isn’t all that new as it has been discussed on multiple occasions previously, though generally, it has been in the context of the NFL and not college football.
But the concept is the same, the NFL happens to be centered around the same sport as college football, even if there are slight rule differences here and there. And if there was a moral obligation to create a safe environment for NFL players, that same sort of obligation would exist for college athletes, right?
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