49ers' Jed York explains why he voted against new NFL kickoff rule

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NFL team owners voted to make a massive overhaul of the kickoff rules on Tuesday, with 29 of them favoring the change and three others voting against the proposal.

San Francisco 49ers CEO Jed York was among the three who voted against the new kickoff rules, which takes a page out of the rebooted XFL’s rules. He explained why he voted against it to reporters after the change was passed.

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San Francisco 49ers chief executive officer Jed York is seen during pregame warmups prior to an NFL football game against the New York Giants at Levi's Stadium on Sept. 21, 2023 in Santa Clara, California. (Ryan Kang/Getty Images)

"I think the concern is that it's such a drastic change to a play," he said, via Sports Illustrated. "From a health and safety standpoint, we've tried to address the play. It was the most, highest rated injury play that existed, so they're going from that to trying to reintroduce the play into the game and make it more of a real play as opposed to a ceremonial play. I'm 100% for that. I just want to make sure with something that's brand new that we have the opportunity to address it during the middle of the season.

"Then, if there's injury data or a competitive issue that doesn't work. That it's not 'this is the asterisk season of the kickoff rule that didn't work.' I'm 100% for trying to make that play active in our game again. They've put in a ton of time, a ton of effort to try to make something work. I'm just sure that there's going to be tweaks to it, and I'd rather tweak it if we have to in the middle of the season, as opposed to 'Here's the asterisk season, and