Here is a brief summary of changes being proposed by the CFL rules committee after their meeting this evening. You can read the full release from the CFL. Remember, all of these still need to be ratified by the board of governors.

• a kick for a single point, which now comes from the 12-yard line, would come instead from the 32-yard line.

• a kicked convert that is wide would remain live and can be run back for a two-point score.

• two point converts would be scrimmaged from the three-yard line, instead of the current five-yard line.

• during the pre-season, a convert worth three points when a team chooses to run or pass the ball over the goal line from the ten-yard-line.

• defensive player would be allowed to contact a receiver within five yards of the line of scrimmage, but would not allow either a defender or a receiver to create or initiate contact that impedes or redirects an opponent beyond five yards.

• on a punt play, when the ball bounces on the ground and a five yard no yards penalty is called, the penalty will automatically be added to the end of the return, or from the point the ball was first touched by the return team, whichever is better. Currently, the receiving team has to choose between the five-yard penalty or the yards gained on the return.

• any time in the game the offence be allowed to signal to the referee that it doesn't want to substitute and it wants to use a tempo offence. The officials would then blow the play in immediately upon the ball and yardsticks being set for play.

• on punts, prohibiting the five interior linemen on the kicking team from leaving the line of scrimmage until the ball is kicked.

• remove the ability of a coach to request a measurement, leaving it to the referee to measure when he is unsure if a first down has been made or not.

• offensive pass interference subject to video review.

• no longer giving the receiving team the option of demanding that a team kick again after one of its kick offs goes out of bounds. The receiving team will either take the ball where it went out of bounds, or at a point 30 yards in advance of where the ball was kicked off, whichever is better.