…at least as far as I’m concerned! Number one, Jose Reyes is cleared to rejoin the Mets at Spring Training! Yay! Reyes missed most of last season with a hamstring injury and just when it looked like he would be back, it was discovered he had a thyroid problem. Doctors thought he was going to miss two to eight weeks but that estimate has been reduced to a mere 15 days. This is HUGE for the Mets. After their horrible season last year due to injury after injury to starting players, they really need all their players back and healthy as soon as possible. While Reyes may not be starting, or even playing, on Opening Day he is allowed to resume baseball activity so he can FINALLY start playing again and getting back in form. This news is more for the psyche of the team. Just knowing that one of your players is going to be back weeks earlier than initially anticipated does a lot to raise the spirits. Let’s hope this news is just the start of the good news surrounding the Mets this season!
Now, on to football! In what I consider to be one of the BIGGEST rule changes in the history of modern football, NFL owners have voted to change postseason overtime possession rules. In a 28-4 vote, it was decided that the team that losses the coin toss will be allowed one possession if the team the won the coin toss scores a field goal on their first possession. Basically, playoff games will no longer be decided by a field goal in overtime. This is huge. I’ve always felt that overtime, in the regular season as well as the playoffs, needed to be changed. I don’t think it’s fair to win a game in overtime on a field goal. If you win it on a FG in regulation that’s one thing. But once you hit overtime, it’s not fair if only one team gets to touch the ball. Sure, there’s the argument that your defense should be able to stop the offense so they don’t score on the first drive. But let’s be serious. If both teams are in OT, then clearly the defense had some issues stopping the offense. Otherwise, it would be a shutout. Hopefully, the owners will decide to extend this rule to the regular season, though I can understand why it’s currently just the postseason. They may even wait a season to see how this new rule plays out before they extend it to all OT games.
Check out this ESPN.com article and accompanying video that details all of the new changes!
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