▁rights ▁to ▁the ▁Boston ▁B raw lers ▁name ▁in ▁August ▁ 2 0 1 7 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁Wood s ▁re - emer ged ▁as ▁CE O ▁of ▁another ▁minor ▁professional ▁football ▁league , ▁The ▁Spring ▁League , ▁which ▁oper ates ▁on ▁a ▁similar ▁concept . ▁ ▁Rule ▁differences ▁As ▁its ▁name ▁implies , ▁the ▁league ▁adopted ▁several ▁experimental ▁rule ▁changes ▁differ ing ▁from ▁those ▁at ▁other ▁levels ▁of ▁the ▁game ▁with ▁some ▁at ▁the ▁request ▁of ▁the ▁NFL . ▁Initial ▁plans ▁for ▁the ▁league ▁had ▁pun ting , ▁the ▁P AT ▁and ▁kick offs ▁taken ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁game , ▁but ▁this ▁proposal ▁was ▁scra pped ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁the ▁season . ▁ ▁Ext ra ▁points ▁were ▁attempted ▁from ▁ 3 5 ▁yards ▁out . ▁Both ▁the ▁NFL ▁and ▁Canadian ▁Football ▁League ▁later ▁adopted ▁similar ▁rules ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 . ▁All ▁k icks ▁origin ated ▁at ▁a ▁wide ▁hash ▁mark ▁for ▁a ▁greater ▁difficulty . ▁K ick offs ▁were ▁taken ▁from ▁the ▁kick ing ▁team ' s ▁ 2 5 - yard ▁line , ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁decrease ▁touch back s ▁and ▁" in cre ase ▁coverage ▁opportun ities ". ▁In ▁addition , ▁eight ▁players ▁on ▁the ▁receiving ▁team ▁l ined ▁up ▁between ▁the ▁kick ing ▁team ' s ▁ 3 5 - ▁and ▁ 4 5 - yard ▁lines ▁for ▁the ▁possibility ▁of ▁decre asing ▁" high - imp act ▁coll isions ". ▁Once ▁a ▁kick off ▁passes ▁the ▁