Watching Sportscenter today and seeing the NFL owners voting to keep the current NFL overtime format instead of changing it to college's overtime format, do you think they made a bad mistake on this? And what type of overtime would you like to see in the NFL?
I don't think it was the college format that they rejected. The proposed format was to still have a 15-minute period that starts with a kickoff, but each team must have a possession before sudden death goes into effect.
I like the college format best, followed by the current NFL. Don't like what the owners proposed, too much overthinking. Take one or the other. The college overtime is more equitable, that's for sure. And it takes a bit of luck out of it (coin toss). One legit gripe people would have in the NFL with college overtime is the potential for field goal after field goal causing games to take multiple OTs (kickers are MUCH better at the 40-45 yarders at the pro level).
I didn't think of this. I'm okay with either system. People who have a problem with the NFL system because both teams don't get posession are forgetting that you can get the ball by stopping the other team. Remember when college football had ties? The first football game I ever attended, Georgia Tech vs UNC in 1990, ended in a tie. it ended up being the only blemish in Tech's otherwise perfect season and they ended up sharing the national title with Colorado. [/pointless and irrelevant anecdote]
Two five-minute halves (not sudden death), and if the score is still tied, ten players from each team will attempt uncontested field goals from a tee set on the 25 yard line.