XFL to unveil rules innovations when it kicks off next month
(WorldNews Sport)

NEW YORK (AP) - When the XFL debuts in February, it will take a `Star Trek` approach of going where no football league has gone before. The eight-team league will have options for extra points worth one, two or three points. It will allow double forward passes behind the line of scrimmage. Kickoffs will look way different, in the name of both safety and excitement. Overtime will look like the NHL`s version of settling matters with a `shootout.`` No coin tosses here, with each team getting up to five shots to score from the 5-yard line - similar to World Cup soccer shootouts. Is it a catch at the sideline? Well, the officiating calls might be easier because the XFL will use the college rule...