<P> Major League Lacrosse features a two - point line which forms a 15 - yard (14 m) arc around the front of the goal . Shots taken from behind this line count for two points, as opposed to the standard one point . </P> <P> In gridiron football, a standard field goal is worth three points; various professional and semi-pro leagues have experimented with four - point field goals . NFL Europe and the Stars Football League adopted a rule similar to basketball's three - point line in which an additional point was awarded for longer field goals; in both leagues any field goal of 50 yards (46 m) or more was worth four points . The Arena Football League awards four points for any successful drop kicked field goal (like the three - point shot, the drop kick is more challenging than a standard place kick, as the bounce of the ball makes a kick less predictable, and arena football also uses narrower goal posts for all kicks than the outdoor game does). </P> <P> During the existence of the World Hockey Association in the 1970s, there were proposals for two - point hockey goals for shots taken beyond an established distance (one proposal was a 44 - foot (13.4 m) arc, which would have intersected the faceoff circles), but this proposal gained little support and faded after the WHA merged with the NHL . It was widely believed that long - distance shots in hockey had little direct relation to skill (usually resulting more from goalies' vision being screened or obscured), plus with the lower scoring intrinsic to the sport a two - point goal was seen as disruptive of the structure of the game . </P> <P> The Super Goal is a similar concept in Australian rules football, in which a 50 - meter (55 yd) arc determines the value of a goal; within the arc, it is the usual 6 points, but 9 points are scored for a "super goal" scored from outside the arc . To date the super goal is only used in pre-season games and not in the season proper . </P>

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