Originally Posted by Anonymous
This petition will not impact the rule change.

This is an excellent rule change which will marginalize dominant face off men and make the game better overall. I agree the term FOGO is illustrative of the problem. It is kind of like field goal kickers in football.

There are discussions on other forums about eliminating the after goal faceoff completely (think basketball). Generally there is more support for elimination rather than keeping the faceoff.


This rule will not marginalize a dominant FOGO and to think it will is shortsighted. This rule change will just develop a different set of skills used during the FO and you will still have a dominant FOGO under the new rules. They may be different players, but there will always be someone better than another at this position. This rule will have little effect beyond this season on FOGO's.
The FO is too important a part of the game to not have a specialized player at that position.