--- description: The extra point could be on its way to extinction if the National Football League goes through with a proposal to eliminate the age-old method... title: NFL May Eliminate Extra Point image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt43634e78b1fff17c/698a987d186892e6776ced02/fd523e5e87e54e8682c08df9380.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Sports](/section/sports/) # NFL May Eliminate Extra Point by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Jan 21, 2014 2:35 PM CUT  Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker (9) makes a field goal against the San Francisco 49ers during the second half of the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker (9) makes a field goal against the San Francisco 49ers during the second half of the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)AP by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Jan 21, 2014 2:35 PM CUT The extra point could be on its way to extinction if the National Football League goes through with a proposal to eliminate the age-old method of supplementing touchdowns in football games with a conversion. The kicks have had a 99.1% percent rate in the NFL since 2004 and have become almost a foregone conclusion, [Commissioner Roger Goodell told NFL.com](http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000315779/article/nfl-eyeing-proposal-to-abolish-extra-points?campaign=Twitter%5Fatl "undefined"). “The extra point is almost automatic,” he said. “I believe we had five missed extra points this year out of 1,200 some-odd. So it’s a very small fraction of the play.” Under the current rules, teams that have scored a touchdown may attempt an extra point by kicking the football through the goal posts, or they may try for a two-point conversion by running the ball. Goodell said a possible change (among several proposals) would involve giving a scoring team seven points for touchdowns, but also an option to attempt an eighth point through a run or pass — but going back to six if the attempt fails. Goddell would not say if or when a decision would be made on any changes in the scoring system. “We’ll make some focus on this in the \[NFL Competition\] Committee and we’ll see where they come out.” But change can happen. After decades of resistance, for example, the NFL adopted the two-point conversion in 1994. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7157985/nfl-may-eliminate-extra-point/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7157985/nfl-may-eliminate-extra-point/"},"headline":"NFL May Eliminate Extra Point","datePublished":"2014-01-21T14:35:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-16T15:09:39.546Z","description":"The extra point could be on its way to extinction if the National Football League goes through with a proposal to eliminate the age-old method...","url":"https://time.com/archive/7157985/nfl-may-eliminate-extra-point/","keywords":["Football","NFL"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt43634e78b1fff17c/698a987d186892e6776ced02/fd523e5e87e54e8682c08df9380.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt43634e78b1fff17c/698a987d186892e6776ced02/fd523e5e87e54e8682c08df9380.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Justin Tucker","caption":"Justin Tucker","creditText":"AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/7157985/nfl-may-eliminate-extra-point/","name":"NFL May Eliminate Extra Point"}}]}] ```