Monday, February 22, 2010

New NFL Overtime Rule

Does the NFL need a new overtime rule? I believe so. This was very evident in the New Orleans Saints/ Minnesota Vikings' game. The two best NFC teams were dead even in talent and score, and then their fates came down to a coin flip. I feel bad for the Vikings because they did not even get a chance to challenge the Saints' defense. Any team that wins the coin flip just needs to have an okay kick-off return, and then drive the ball forty-five yards to get themselves in decent field goal range. I just hate how one team gets the opportunity to do all this because of a fifty-fifty chance of calling the right side on the coin. What should the NFL do? One idea is do the same thing colleges’ do, which is each team gets it at the opponent's twenty-five yard line, and they play it live. The only problem with that is the second team gets the advantage. They get to see how the other team plays their possession and then goes from there. I do not think that is the answer for the NFL. If they did decide to use that idea, then I believe the NFL teams need to back up and get the ball at midfield. The other idea, which I like, is shortening the overtime to like ten minutes and then just playing the overtime out. I like that idea because it gives each team at least one or two possessions and both sides of the ball get a chance to stop the other teams. The only problem with that idea is the team that gets the ball first will come down to a coin flip and we are back to this same argument again. I believe the NFL has to make a change in the overtime rule, but what they do will have controversy too. It will be interesting to see how the NFL decides to go about this problem. What do you think?

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