While sitting in my recliner, sipping an adult beverage, contemplating retirement plans, and watching a football game, an idea came to mind. I presented a hypothetical situation to my friend:

“What if I was a defensive player for a football team and my job was to stand in the end zone on either a field goal or PAT attempt, and when a doink occurred simply catch the ball in the field of play before it hit the ground and I could get points for my team?”

As we bantered this one - several thoughts came to mind.

1. If the football doinks and goes through, the point/s count. If the football doinks and doesn’t go through, it’s a dead ball – Why??
2. If the ball is caught on the playing field before it hits the ground, it should be considered a live ball.
3. Scoring – points for successful doink catches are awarded to the defensive team based upon the offensive attempt. a. Field goal - 3 points b. PAT – 1 point
4. Finally, and most importantly, what would we call this new position?
We tossed several ideas around – the doinker, the doinkster, grand master doink, and doink boy – none of which embraced the concept or really sounded right. Then it hit us:

In football there is a halfback, a running back, a nickel back, a cornerback, a defensive back, and a quarterback – clearly, this new position needed to be called a



doinkback

So what's next?

1. Copyright the term doinkback. 2. Purchase the website www.doinkback.com. 3. Amend football rules – adding the doinkback position, live ball for a doink that doesn’t go through and is caught in the field of play, and points associated. 4. Call Roger. 5. Share the idea with coaching legends/geniuses such as Andy, Bill, Vince, and Dan to see how they would incorporate this new position into their gameplans. 6. Create Rookie Doinkback card. 7. Get a little chatter on the street about the new position. 8. Call Snoop Dogg and get him to Snoopify the ba-doink-a-doink.