league meeting & modifying overtime

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  1. Thoth

    Thoth Sisyphus in training

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    notes from the league meeting

    <div align="center">Concerned by the number of overtime games won by the team that won the coin toss, the powerful competition committee has proposed moving the kickoff in the extra period from the 30-yard line to the 35-yard line. The rationale is that the 5-yard swing not only will make it more difficult for the receiving team to score on its first overtime possession, but will impact field position in general. Since the 1998 season, 62 percent of the overtime games were won by the team that won the coin toss</div>

    It would make too much sense to scrap the silly OT system currently in place & do what the NCAA does... JMO.
     
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    panthersare#1 The GM

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    I really like the way the college overtime is run. It creates a lot of excitement because teams have decide to play it safe and take 3 points or go for the TD if they are on offense first.
     
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    Thoth Sisyphus in training

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    Further, when/if they get to the third OT, they have to go for 2.
     
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    I'd be fine if Overtime just went away. I see nothing wrong with ties.
     
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    bakes781 nfl-*****s member

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pack Attack)</div><div class='quotemain'>I'd be fine if Overtime just went away. I see nothing wrong with ties.</div>
    u cant be serious? imagine paying $200 for a ticket to a game with no ending. :mad:
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>u cant be serious? imagine paying $200 for a ticket to a game with no ending.</div>
    Guess I hadn't really thought of it that way... I guess my overall point is, I really don't care what they do with Overtime. If they adopted the College system, it wouldn't bother me one way or the other.
     
  7. Thoth

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (bakes781)</div><div class='quotemain'>imagine paying $200 for a ticket to a game with no ending.</div>
    A football game that doesn't end? You say that like its a bad thing.
     
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    nflfan04 Dazed and Confused

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    i hate the college system. they start them off way too close to the endzone in college. move them to the 50 and itd be better
     

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