The National Football League has reportedly said they are discussing change in their current overtime format. Ultimately, this will not vastly change ratings, or the the people who follow the league (25 percent of America). But why -- repeat: WHY! -- change something that doesn't need repaired?
"Under the new format, both teams would get the ball at least once unless the first team to get the ball scores a touchdown, Greg Aiello said. If the first team to get the ball makes a field goal and the other team ties the game, action would continue until a team scores again."
"Under the current rules, the first team to score wins."
Personally, I prefer the current rules mainly because these guys are getting paid millions, and millions of dollars to stop the other team in the given time, or, simply, regulation time.
Furthermore, a coin toss does NOT determine the outcome of the game, ultimately. The fans sit through a three-and-a-half hour game; therefore, why not just get the game over with immediately. The format that's in place right now does just that -- lessens any chance of the fan sitting there for longer than another half hour.
Think about it: players have 60-minutes to make sure the other team does not score more points than them, three timeouts to use in cases of emergency, and multiple television timeouts to discuss more strategy. If a coach (and the players) cannot figure out how to win a football game in the alloted time, then flipping a coin should not create a tsunami of outrage to determine a football game. You had your chance. So, if you can't stop them now, you probably should not win anyway. For the love of God, we've been out here for almost four hours.
Roger Goodell -- in principle -- has been praised among many for his evolution of the National Football League. His intelligence and extrovert ego have evolved the game into a prevailing media franchise whose constant modifications are revolutionizing the game into an extraordinary powerhouse. But this idea is unwise ...
... Never tinker with a rule that truly does not take advantage of furthering the sport for the better or worse. Overtime is a minor blemish; the league does not need to infatuate themselves by trying to figure out how to fix this inconsequential conflict.
At the end of the day, it's still a debate. But so isn't Mike Vick having the chance to play again. So isn't the drug policy (players are rarely tested). So isn't the recent Dante Stallorth case (killed a man, spent 24 days in jail, and now is back to making millions of the gridiron). 'If it aint broke, don't fix it!'
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