SteelerFan1967,
One thing you can try with your youngsters would be to use multiple stoppages. Set up their teams! select a ball carrier. Maybe even give him a ball. After a few seconds stop the board and allow the little guys to adust the figures that aren't going in the right direction. This sounds like what they are already doing and it will reinforce their way of playing! Then they can start to make up their own rules. I've been doing this with my younger cousins and they love it! 3yrs & 4yrs old. as for the rest of the world wanting to watch electric football games on TV? Get Real! who wants to see that?