I actually kind of like that idea, end of 4th quarter becomes like end of the third quarter. Play resumes for a five minute period with no sudden death.
Ah, I was assuming sudden death. I guess O Really didn't say one way or the other. How would you prevent endless games?
With a short period the OT becomes an extended two minute drill. It'd be exciting and it wouldn't go on endlessly.
Doesn't such a short period hand whoever possesses the ball the same edge KC had, and what prevents endless ties?
No, it's a clock just like regulation and picks up the action directly from the end of regulation. No coin toss and kickoff.
I get that, but this game's regular time ended with a KC FG. So, there is a kickoff and Bills have the advantage to run a 5 minute drive and score without KC ever touching the OT ball.
If it goes three periods it's 15 minutes or a fifth quarter. They'll be playing two minute offenses because of the shortened time.
It's bonus football just like extra innings in baseball except it's just for the playoffs and it goes til it's over.
So, if they stay tied it's endless. Football is too dangerous for that, unlike baseball.
I get that, but this game's regular time ended with a KC FG. So, there is a kickoff and Bills have the advantage to run a 5 minute drive and score without KC ever touching the OT ball.
Yep, good for them. Or maybe a ten minute period?
If it goes three periods it's 15 minutes or a fifth quarter. They'll be playing two minute offenses because of the shortened time.
It's bonus football just like extra innings in baseball except it's just for the playoffs and it goes til it's over.
So, if they stay tied it's endless. Football is too dangerous for that, unlike baseball. What are the odds? It's happened but very rare. Besides, it's football, man up.
What Is The Longest Overtime Game In Nfl History?
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Update: Apparently saner heads have prevailed... maybe...
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The Rams are perfectly within their rights to sell tickets to whoever they want to and give their team a home field advantage.
Full stop.
Although they will probably gave limited success.
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Update: Apparently saner heads have prevailed... maybe...
LATEST, Jan. 24, 10:15 a.m. The notice on Ticketmaster that restricted NFC Championship Game tickets to those with Los Angeles-area ZIP codes had abruptly and unceremoniously disappeared from the ticketing site’s website by Monday morning.
The Rams are perfectly within their rights to sell tickets to whoever they want to and give their team a home field advantage.
Update: Apparently saner heads have prevailed... maybe...
LATEST, Jan. 24, 10:15 a.m. The notice on Ticketmaster that restricted NFC Championship Game tickets to those with Los Angeles-area ZIP codes had abruptly and unceremoniously disappeared from the ticketing site’s website by Monday morning.
The Rams are perfectly within their rights to sell tickets to whoever they want to and give their team a home field advantage.
Full stop.
Sure they are.
But it won't help.
How about a wager?
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Update: Apparently saner heads have prevailed... maybe...
LATEST, Jan. 24, 10:15 a.m. The notice on Ticketmaster that restricted NFC Championship Game tickets to those with Los Angeles-area ZIP codes had abruptly and unceremoniously disappeared from the ticketing site’s website by Monday morning.
The Rams are perfectly within their rights to sell tickets to whoever they want to and give their team a home field advantage.
I get that, but this game's regular time ended with a KC FG. So, there is a kickoff and Bills have the advantage to run a 5 minute drive and score without KC ever touching the OT ball.
Yep, good for them. Or maybe a ten minute period?
A ten minute drive is far more difficult to pull off.
So, if they stay tied it's endless. Football is too dangerous for that, unlike baseball.
What are the odds? It's happened but very rare. Besides, it's football, man up.
A 7 hour game is ridiculous. Look at all they did to bring the average down from 3.5 to 3. Players are somewhat less disposable than they used to be, $$$.
A 7 hour game is ridiculous. Look at all they did to bring the average down from 3.5 to 3. Players are somewhat less disposable than they used to be, $$$.
This is just for the playoffs where it cannot end in a tie.
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A 7 hour game is ridiculous. Look at all they did to bring the average down from 3.5 to 3. Players are somewhat less disposable than they used to be, $$$.
This is just for the playoffs where it cannot end in a tie.
A 7 hour game is ridiculous. Look at all they did to bring the average down from 3.5 to 3. Players are somewhat less disposable than they used to be, $$$.
This is just for the playoffs where it cannot end in a tie.
A 7 hour playoff game is ridiculous.
You wouldn't watch?
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I'm more likely to watch when there's relatively determinate endpoint.
Hence the five/ten minute periods. In today's NFL that's so geared for offense can you really see it going scoreless or trading points for an extra game?
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I'm more likely to watch when there's relatively determinate endpoint.
Hence the five/ten minute periods. In today's NFL that's so geared for offense can you really see it going scoreless or trading points for an extra game?
Yes, maybe as often as regular time ends in a tie.
Back to the overtime - we can let our imaginations run amok with unlikely possibilities, but why? Most games (90%ish) end within regulation. Of all overtime games since the ice age, in games with a coin toss, the toss winner has won the game 53% of the time. A statistical advantage, but maybe within tolerable range. But - in playoff games, the toss winner has won 10 out of 11. That doesn't seem it would be acceptable to anyone. With those odds, why continue playing at all? Just toss the damn coin and call it a win. If I ran the NFL, I'd just stop considering overtime to be separate from the rest of the game. No different rules. No tossing coins. Just keep playing until somebody scores. As such, I guess it would be a "sudden death" plan, and some luck would be involved, but it would be the luck of the game, not of a toss. If you had the ball on the opponents 20 and time ran out, you get to keep playing. You either score (and win) or get stopped (and the game continues). If the opponent scores to tie with 2 seconds left, the overtime starts with their kickoff to you, and you get the ball until you score (and win) or turn it over (and the game continues). The degree of luck involved is no different from from the luck during the rest of the game. In the unlikely event that the game goes "7 hours", both teams can be playing their second or third team players, but so what? Wouldn't they put in those players if the starter(s) got injured.
A ten minute drive is far more difficult to pull off.
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