Major rule changes

• A drop kick, field goal, and punt can only be attempted from behind the line of scrimmage.
• If a foul by a player causes an injury to an opponent, a team time out won't be charged to the penalized team anytime during the game instead of only during the last two minutes of a half.
• The game clock won't start until the next snap following any change of possession, even if the player went out of bounds.
• Officials will immediately blow the play dead when a defensive player is offsides before the snap and clearly rushes beyond the offensive line in such a way that he becomes an unabated threat to the quarterback.
• A touchback will be ruled when a player fumbles the ball in the field of play and it goes out of bounds in the opponent's end zone.
• A touchback, not a safety, will also be ruled when a player fumbles the ball in his own end zone and the opponent is the one that knocks the fumble out of bounds in the end zone.
• An offensive player can't deliberately bat a backward pass forward.

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