Why banning kickoffs in CFB is a terrible idea for not just UGA but everyone else

College football could be getting rid of an integral part of the game.

That’s right. College football as we know it could be a lot different. Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports reported Monday that the American Football Coaches Association board of trustees and the NCAA Division 1 Football Oversight Committee have been in talks about banning the kickoff in college football.

What is the reason you ask? It is all about player safety. The NCAA is looking further into the matter brought up by the AFCA even though the issue has been lightly discussed in the past by people around the sport.

The NCAA is still in the preliminary stages of looking into this situation, and nothing should happen until after the 2017 season if anything is indeed changed according to Dodd.

Getting rid of the kickoff would take away the many magical kick returns we have come to love. Look no further than Alabama’s Kenyan Drake’s 95-yard return for a touchdown against Clemson in the CFB National Championship Game. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports /

Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby, chairman of the NCAA oversight committee is in favor of change,

“I don’t think there is any doubt it is the most dangerous play in the game. How much that’s the case and how we can fix it is unknown.”

AFCA executive director Todd Berry also had this to say about the matter,

“I’m excited we’re starting to have this discussion. It looks like the data is skewed where we have more injuries on that play. If that’s the case, we have to look at eliminating the play, modifying the play, change blocking schemes.”