I despise the College rule. I was not crazy about moving to the current rule, but it was justified by the large advantage the receiving team has in scoring a FG. A team that played decent defense and stopped a TD often still lost. That is no longer true, and I think the current rule works pretty well. If you don’t want to lose on the first TD of OT, win in regulation, of okay better defense.
Now, the alternative that does make sense is that, in the post-season, play extra quarters (maybe at shorter intervals), like the NBA does. That would risk the first game of a postseason schedule day bleeding over against the second, which they really don’t want, plus football is hard enough that the injury risks associated with potentially 20 or 30 minutes of additional play may be significant. On Mon, 24 Jan 2022 at 9:25 AM David Lynch <[email protected]> wrote: > As a Chiefs fan who felt royally screwed after the 2018 (January 2019) AFC > championship came down to a very similar-feeling OT win by the Patriots, > not even being on the other side of that equation has changed my opinion > that the first possession shouldn't be sudden death. I think the current > system is fine for the regular season, but I'd like to see both teams given > a chance on offense/required to play defense when there's more at stake. > > For me, it would just be a matter of changing the current rule to be the > game not ending on the first drive in the event of a field goal or a > touchdown by the team on offense. No need to go all the way to college > style overtime, which I've seen some propose. > > On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 9:32 AM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If one has to do with Overtime, I reject it sight unseen. It sucks for >> the Bills that Josh did not get to touch the ball in OT, but defense is >> part of the game too… >> >> On Mon, 24 Jan 2022 at 6:37 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I have an intriguing list of rules proposals that I can post if anyone >>> is interested. B >>> >>> PGage, Jan 23rd: >>> >>>> The NFL is horrible in so many ways, but weekends like this provide the >>>> high that keeps us coming back. Four amazing games, each one literally more >>>> hearts topping and mind blowing than the last. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/4897f06a-8a7c-4e2b-b0b0-8aafd6961336n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/4897f06a-8a7c-4e2b-b0b0-8aafd6961336n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> Sent from Gmail Mobile >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKEGkR71c7ivH04A0GoKCtwA8_rb4RRbnEsNy%3DF9wgqxA%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKEGkR71c7ivH04A0GoKCtwA8_rb4RRbnEsNy%3DF9wgqxA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > David J. Lynch > [email protected] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKNcpKhi%2B6JgX5_4NGDp4BaLj36Y989_CsT8ArrjeQHj8%3DHjsA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKNcpKhi%2B6JgX5_4NGDp4BaLj36Y989_CsT8ArrjeQHj8%3DHjsA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYLTGtAZiYB71O7bqCat%2BKq0vBQ-oL_E_r9QyLjOKwfpfQ%40mail.gmail.com.
