nousername
Rookie
Ok, every NFL fan knows the OT rules have to change (esp us in MN, we've been tormented by it this season and 98 ), and the NFL is looking into new rules for OT. it just a killer that receiving teams only have to play to the 35 yr line, esp if the opening team get a big KO return.
Here's a summary of the new proposed rule:
each team gets the ball at least once, unless the first team scores a touch down. if both teams score field goals on their 1st possession, then the old rules take effect: next score wins.
Better than current rules, BUT there are some glaring problems:
1) only applies in the playoffs
2) it only eliminates the short field for the first 2 possessions. then it reverts to the old rules which give the coin toss winner the ability to play a short field and win it on a field goal.
check it out here:
http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d816a29f8&template=with-video-with-comments&confirm=true
here are a couple OT options that i could live with:
1) sudden death, but each team must have equal number of possessions.
2) sudden death, but no field goals. only TDs.
lastly, here is one proposal that i really think is interesting but perhaps too far fetched (i read about it on some other forum, so i take no credit in contriving it):
3) no kick-off. instead starting field position is auctioned: before the start of the game, each team submits the worst OT starting field position they would accept if the game goes to OT. the team willing to take the worst field position starts with the ball at their proposed start position. if the both accepted the same field position, then it's a coin toss. OT then proceeds as it does now: standard sudden death.
3.b) or, in addition to (3), i would add that the team that wins the auction, no only gets the ball, but they would get the ball at the field position the other team said it would accept. this would force both teams to push back their field position, b/c doing so not only increases their chance of getting the ball, BUT if they don't it will at least pin them back more.
For example of (3 + 3.b), Team 1 says it will accept the ball on their own 14yd line, and Team 2 says it will accept the ball on their own 21yd line. ==> Then this means that Team 1 gets the ball first in OT, but they get the ball on their own 21yd line.
your thoughts? for me, the main modification is that the need to get rid of the short field. all three of these options do that, or at least provide that possibility.
Here's a summary of the new proposed rule:
each team gets the ball at least once, unless the first team scores a touch down. if both teams score field goals on their 1st possession, then the old rules take effect: next score wins.
Better than current rules, BUT there are some glaring problems:
1) only applies in the playoffs
2) it only eliminates the short field for the first 2 possessions. then it reverts to the old rules which give the coin toss winner the ability to play a short field and win it on a field goal.
check it out here:
http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d816a29f8&template=with-video-with-comments&confirm=true
here are a couple OT options that i could live with:
1) sudden death, but each team must have equal number of possessions.
2) sudden death, but no field goals. only TDs.
lastly, here is one proposal that i really think is interesting but perhaps too far fetched (i read about it on some other forum, so i take no credit in contriving it):
3) no kick-off. instead starting field position is auctioned: before the start of the game, each team submits the worst OT starting field position they would accept if the game goes to OT. the team willing to take the worst field position starts with the ball at their proposed start position. if the both accepted the same field position, then it's a coin toss. OT then proceeds as it does now: standard sudden death.
3.b) or, in addition to (3), i would add that the team that wins the auction, no only gets the ball, but they would get the ball at the field position the other team said it would accept. this would force both teams to push back their field position, b/c doing so not only increases their chance of getting the ball, BUT if they don't it will at least pin them back more.
For example of (3 + 3.b), Team 1 says it will accept the ball on their own 14yd line, and Team 2 says it will accept the ball on their own 21yd line. ==> Then this means that Team 1 gets the ball first in OT, but they get the ball on their own 21yd line.
your thoughts? for me, the main modification is that the need to get rid of the short field. all three of these options do that, or at least provide that possibility.
