Man, does that sound like eerily familiar methods of governance down here in the flats. In short, you cannot employ a missed field goal that sails through the shortened end zone to get a point. Studying the new rules, which will be phased in over two years, to see how much more American the Canadians want to be. The descriptions from the Canadian news outlets were that reaction has been "mixed," which is journalese for "Wait, exactly who did ask for this?" And the only reason to make the game look more like the American game is to make the game look more American.