I'm also a soccer an but I HATE how teams will play for a draw too. IMO when you have teams settling for a tie it's bad for the sport.
Fixing NFL OT
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I'm also a soccer an but I HATE how teams will play for a draw too. IMO when you have teams settling for a tie it's bad for the sport.
It’s somewhat relative to a team’s station.
Prior to Campbell we’d have danced in the streets if we tied Oklahoma.
To me it depends on the team. Real Madrid doing it? Yeah, probably in the same boat. A minnow doing it against a giant? I think it can be entertaining.
Ties are like going to a mystery movie and you leave with it unsolved. It’s a let down and you feel rather meh about the experience.
I think this sounds the best to me. Takes the stupid kicker out of it too for the most part. 4 plays from the 10 yd line to score a TD…. plain and simple. And should be relatively quick too I would think?
There's on average fewer than 1 tie per season and hasn't been one the last two seasons. There's no need to change anything to affect 0.3% of the regular season outcomes.
I really don't understand the people that are ok with a tie. What's the point of having a competition if there isn't a winner?
When a team sits on the ball and essentially plays for a tie like GB did last night it really does take away from what was a pretty fun game up to that point. Go back to sudden death right away or something like if the first team scores a field goal the next possession a field goal can't tie the game. The second possession team either has to score a TD or lose. That would at least stop teams from sitting on the ball and running out the clock.
Maybe if OT ends in a tie have a kick off. Start at the 50 and move it back five yards if both kickers hit.
Maybe if OT ends in a tie have a kick off. Start at the 50 and move it back five yards if both kickers hit.
I'd rather watch an entertaining game that ends in a tie than a boring game that ends in a win.
Because you’re there to watch the competition/watch your team compete.
And there can definitely be ties that feel like a win or a loss. Hell, Iowa State has had wins that felt like losses
There's good news, you don't have to watch boring games.
On the same topic of OT rules, I think there is an argument to be made that taking the ball first could actually be the right play. I get both sides of wanting to know what you need to do when you get the ball, but I feel like there is more value in potentially getting the ball a second time if you receive first. Especially in a game where no one was stopping the other like last night, I thought the Packers should've received first.
I also thought they mismanaged the hell out of the clock due to the fear of the Cowboys getting the ball again if they had to settle for a FG
I also thought they mismanaged the hell out of the clock due to the fear of the Cowboys getting the ball again if they had to settle for a FG
