NFL OT rule sucks

But from what I've heard this rule has been very controversial and I can understand why. They don't have this rule in college football.

It's a pretty stupid rule.

Anyone know what OT rules they have in the CFL?

Pnatt, the CFL rules are:

"In the event that the score is tied at the end of the second half of a game each team will be given the opportunity to score using the following procedure.

The first team, as determined by coin toss, shall scrimmage the ball at the opponent's 35 - yard line, and may advance by consecutive series of downs until it makes a score or loses possession.

The second team will then scrimmage at the same 35 - yard line and proceed as above.

If the score is still tied the procedure shall be repeated, not more than once, or a winner is determined after both teams have had equal opportunities to score.

If a winner is not determined after two attempts the game will be declared a tie.

If the game is a playoff or championship game and a winner must be determined the same procedure shall continue until a winner is finally declared."

Who would support the current NFL rule?

This is one of the most dispicable rules in sports.

We're talking football not baseball.

I know, I was drawing a parallel between the two.

Yeah I thought about that as well but it wouldn't be a good idea cos it's still doesn't solve the problem about the other side onot having an oportunity to score.

I agree with this entirely. I say a full period of 15 minutes, dunno what you'd do in playoffs tho.

The problem with that is you'd see incredibly boring OT's because the teams would just want to sit on the ball and kill as much clock in the process of trying to score as possible. I mean you could be stuck seeing 11, 12, or 13 minute drives, which still is totally unfair to whoever doesn't win the toss. Teams would just be trying to get first downs and that's all. NFL wouldn't want that and neither would a lot of fans.

The problem with that is you'd see incredibly boring OT's because the teams would just want to sit on the ball and kill as much clock in the process of trying to score as possible. I mean you could be stuck seeing 11, 12, or 13 minute drives, which still is totally unfair to whoever doesn't win the toss. Teams would just be trying to get first downs and that's all. NFL wouldn't want that and neither would a lot of fans. I disagree entirely. I'm not going to argue about it.

How is that any different than the 4th quarter of a tight game? The Eagles allowed an 8 minute drive against the Saints a few weeks back. If your defense allows 11, 12, 13 minute drives, you should get a better defense.

It's funny how how I keep thinking that college football is more popular than pro football!

your semi right Pnatt. College Football is more talked about because almost everyone over the age of 22 went to college, and in big College Football schools, everyone goes to the game.

yeah cos in Australia something like that would be unheard of! Pro sports seem to rule here!!!

Most of our sports here are club based rather than school based so yeah.

just because you know a bunch of people over 22 that you hang out with and they all went to school doesn't mean everyone does/has. More people go to small colleges than big univesities. The Pro game has exponentially the amount of fans. College teams have allegiances (which is pretty stupid if you never went to the school you root for...I'm not saying don't do it, I'm just saying it's stupid) Pro teams have world wide fans, whole cities, sometimes whole STATES root for NFL teams (including the overwhelming number of people who never went to college in America)

College football seems to have better rules of play.

"Pro teams have world wide fans, whole cities, sometimes whole STATES root for NFL teams" You obviously have never been to the South, Ohio, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Michigan, etc, etc. To say that a team is more popular because even the whole state roots for them is ridiculous, and lacks all factual basis. Absurdity

I agree with this entirely. I believe it should be 15 minutes tho.

So entirely, or not entirely?

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Forgive my sarcastic ignorance, but I don't think Americans like the idea of ties in sports!

I like the idea of OT. Ties suck.

They could copy Canadian football in that missed field goals count as one point. Although Americans don't like the idea of free money so it's a terrible idea.

haha

It might make sense in the regular season. We just have draws in the AFL as well but draws are rare anyway, only happening like 2 times each 176 game season. In the finals we play 5 minutes at each end.

You can't include all Americans in this category. If you said, "Why are most Americans...", then I would agree with you.

Well why are most Americans so ignorant of sports outside of their country?

Studies indicate that a shocking percentage of citizens of the US of A (as opposed to Americans from say Canada (being part of North America) cannot locate Canada on the map, much less something as exotic as Australia (if they can't take the time to learn what countries exist outside of the USA, why would they take the time to learn about something really werid like cricket, or the like). Other studies indicate that the first studies were conducted by monkeys.

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If a person can't even find the Pacific Ocean on a map, or even the USA state of Louisiana, why would care about what happened in the last cricket match in South Africa?

So, "why are most Americans so ignorant of sports outside of their country?": They are ignorant because they don't care to inform themselves about sports outside their country.

Does that mean that Americans are ignorant or that school is pointless?

School probably is pointless. I don't go to school and I've learnt a lot more (probably too much).

We can tell.

I am fan of you shutting the %$&$ up about this. WE GET IT, you don't like it. Call the NFL and pester them, don't garbage up my favorite site over it!!!