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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 708439" data-attributes="member: 7261">Since the NFL instituted its new overtime rules, there have been 87 overtime games. Five have been ties, and the team to get the ball first has won 45 of the remaining 82. That’s 54.8 percent, meaning simply winning the coin toss makes a team 9.6 percent more likely to win.I've read about 3 "fixes" to OT, any of which I feel are better alternatives to the current NFL format.1.  No sudden death.  10-15 min. additional quarter.  Regular season, only 1 played, games can end tied.2.  Sudden death once each team has possessed the ball once on offense.3.  Add 15 minutes to the clock and continue the 4th quarter exactly at the point it is at.  (no coin flip, no kickoff)  Sudden death.  This would create some interesting strategy towards the end of games tied near the end of the 4th quarter.For those saying this is a knee jerk reaction to this year's SB, you might want to read a few articles, this has been an ongoing debate.  Games like yesterday and the 2 straight Playoff OT losses the Packers suffered, when one teams QB never even sees the field in OT, just bring the debate back up.  For me, as long as a coin flip has as much influence as it currently does on the outcome of a game, I will keep debating for change.</blockquote>

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