Simply you can't pass from behind own defensive blue line across offensive blue line into offensive zone?
So passing across red line into NZ would still be allowed
The difference:
Once the red line is gained, the entire offensive half of the red line is open.
The one issue I can see is teams backpedaling towards the red line to regroup. Perhaps a caveat to the rule would be no passing or carrying the block back over the blue line after entry.
TO BE CLEAR I AM NOT ARGUING this should be the new rule, just a little game and thinking how a tweak in a rule would alter the game (I've always been fascinated by the butterfly effect a simple rule change can cause)
So passing across red line into NZ would still be allowed
The difference:
Once the red line is gained, the entire offensive half of the red line is open.
The one issue I can see is teams backpedaling towards the red line to regroup. Perhaps a caveat to the rule would be no passing or carrying the block back over the blue line after entry.
TO BE CLEAR I AM NOT ARGUING this should be the new rule, just a little game and thinking how a tweak in a rule would alter the game (I've always been fascinated by the butterfly effect a simple rule change can cause)
