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Message: [QUOTE="Zack80, post: 2996542, member: 1245"] I think it would probably be good to remove the face-offs, and give the ball to the team, that was scored on, the ball behind their own goal (sort of like basketball). They would still have to clear it, which can be tough against a 10-man ride. In the end, it would lead to a fairer game that didn't depend so much on specialists. My recollection is that in 1979, there was no time limit on clears. I recall teams walking the ball up and if it didn't look good they would go backwards and start again. Clearing could be rather boring in those days. I imagine that because of this, they chose to give it to the non-scoring team at the restraining line back in 1979. So in a sense we haven't really been there. The new 20-seconds to clear, make the clearing game much more challenging and interesting. [/QUOTE]