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NFL Overtime rules ... you guys okay with this? I don't understand ...

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  • PineapplePirate
    PineapplePirate Member Posts: 4,649
    The GOAT won just get the fuck over it already. There is a reason he is the GOAT.
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  • Mosster47
    Mosster47 Member Posts: 6,246
    animate said:

    dnc said:

    animate said:

    Okay, gimme your feedback. I want to know if you feel that NFL OT rules are "fair" or "okay" ...

    I don't like it at all. I think it's stupid.

    The game was great entertainment ... I personally would like to have seen Atlanta win ... but NE winning it is amazing evidence of their greatness.

    But here's the thing:

    - game ended in a tie. A tie!
    - sure, NE staged an epic comeback. But Atlanta staged an epic beatdown ... for part of the game until NE stormed back.
    - the game was tie, in regulation. A tie!
    - OT comes ... and a coin flip. A coin flip! that NE wins. They get the choice to either attack or defend ... what moron would defend when the rule is that if you score a touchdown it's all over and the other team has zero chance to respond?

    Is that right? Am I missing something?

    In the NBA, if a game ends in a tie, there's OT. Doesn't matter if one team is playing great, builds a 30 pt lead ... then the other team catches fire and scores 30 points unanswered. It ends in a tie.

    Then .... the team that stormed back wins a coin flip! They get to shoot a free throw and they sink it. They win the NBA championship! The other team has no opportunity to shoot a free throw because the other team already went first based on a coin flip and sunk theirs. Game over ... it's history.

    Or hockey. Game ends in regulation in a tie. One team wins a coin flip and gets to shoot first in a penalty-shot situation. They score ... and win the Stanley Cup! The other team has no chance to shoot and tie it up.

    I don't understand why football has these apologists ... I don't get it.

    So, what's your opinion?

    Also your comparisons are complete bullshit. You just equated driving the length of the field in the NFL to making a free throw or a penalty shot.

    not really ... tied at regulation.

    Driving the length of the field and getting a score. Other team failed to get the stop. That's fine.

    How come the other team doesn't get the chance to do the same?

    Based on who won the coin flip?
    College kids needs a short field, equal chance OT. They are slaves that work 14 hour days.

    The current NFL OT is really fucking stupid. They should be like every single other pro sport in the planet that uses a clock in a knockout scenario and play a timed OT.

    15 more minutes. If it's still tied after that the first score wins.
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  • PurpleJ
    PurpleJ Member Posts: 37,773
    I think each team should pick 5 guys to take an extra point. Like a shootout or something.
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  • TierbsHsotBoobs
    TierbsHsotBoobs Member Posts: 39,680
    PurpleJ said:

    I think each team should pick 3 guys to take an extra point. Like a shootout or something.

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  • priapism
    priapism Member Posts: 2,376
    The team with the most intimidating Haka dance should be declared the victor.
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  • Gladstone
    Gladstone Member Posts: 16,425
    surprised so many here are fans of the NFL OT
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  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member Posts: 30,388 Standard Supporter
    Gladstone said:

    surprised so many here are fans of the NFL OT

    What's wrong with it? The old OT when a FG could win it was shitty.
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  • TierbsHsotBoobs
    TierbsHsotBoobs Member Posts: 39,680
    Gladstone said:

    surprised so many here are fans of the NFL OT

    Both of the formats are bad. The NCAA format leads to massive number of overtimes while the NFL format has the one team with possession possibility.

    What really matters is that the losing team in either format has nothing to whine about because they had 60 minutes to win the game outright in the first place.
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  • PurpleJ
    PurpleJ Member Posts: 37,773
    TierbsHsotBoobs said:

    PurpleJ said:

    I think each team should pick 3 guys to take an extra point. Like a shootout or something.

    No. 5 shooters like in REAL football.
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