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NFL Must Change OT Rules Starting Now
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<blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 708328" data-attributes="member: 7261"><p>Personally, I don't like any current formatting of OT, NFL or college. Both totally fall out of the normal way a game is decided. The game clock means virtually nothing in OT, a toss of a coin or 1 bad play, can win/lose a game. IMO, Basketball has the right idea. Baseball as well. Play under the same rules of regulation, for a set extra period of time. Regular season games are allowed to end in a tie after one OT. Postseason, play until you have a winner. Survival of the fittest, not the luckiest.</p><p></p><p>The only 2 arguments I have ever heard against treating overtime as just another timed "quarter" are:</p><p></p><p>1. "That is asking too much out of a players to go an additional 15 minutes".</p><p></p><p>2. "Extending games too long messes with the Network's programming schedule."</p><p></p><p>I will skip #2, since I just don't view that as a legit reason that should possibly influence the outcome of a game.</p><p></p><p>Why is asking a team to play another timed quarter too much to ask? These guys are paid millions of dollars and they can't be out on the field for another quarter? Reduce it from 15 to 10 minutes if that is a legit concern/factor. But remember, the way overtime is currently set-up, extra playing time is required no matter what and that could extend beyond 15 minutes (playoffs) if no team scores. For me, playing that extra quarter probably allows multiple possession of the ball by both teams, which provides a team the opportunity to win a game in similar fashion to a tied game going into the 4th quarter. When was the last time you saw a hail mary or a clutch 45 second drive for a FG or TD in an overtime game in the NFL?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pokerbrat2000, post: 708328, member: 7261"] Personally, I don't like any current formatting of OT, NFL or college. Both totally fall out of the normal way a game is decided. The game clock means virtually nothing in OT, a toss of a coin or 1 bad play, can win/lose a game. IMO, Basketball has the right idea. Baseball as well. Play under the same rules of regulation, for a set extra period of time. Regular season games are allowed to end in a tie after one OT. Postseason, play until you have a winner. Survival of the fittest, not the luckiest. The only 2 arguments I have ever heard against treating overtime as just another timed "quarter" are: 1. "That is asking too much out of a players to go an additional 15 minutes". 2. "Extending games too long messes with the Network's programming schedule." I will skip #2, since I just don't view that as a legit reason that should possibly influence the outcome of a game. Why is asking a team to play another timed quarter too much to ask? These guys are paid millions of dollars and they can't be out on the field for another quarter? Reduce it from 15 to 10 minutes if that is a legit concern/factor. But remember, the way overtime is currently set-up, extra playing time is required no matter what and that could extend beyond 15 minutes (playoffs) if no team scores. For me, playing that extra quarter probably allows multiple possession of the ball by both teams, which provides a team the opportunity to win a game in similar fashion to a tied game going into the 4th quarter. When was the last time you saw a hail mary or a clutch 45 second drive for a FG or TD in an overtime game in the NFL? [/QUOTE]
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