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03-18-2009, 07:38 PM
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3993657
NFL overtime rules won't change
By John Clayton
After further review, the NFL overtime rules won't change.
NFL competition committee co-chairman Rich McKay, speaking on a national conference call, said there will be no adjustment to the current overtime rules. The committee met for 10 days in Naples, Fla., and after consulting players and conducting a league-wide survey from the 32 clubs, there wasn't enough support to make any proposal to change the current overtime rules, which were created to minimize the chance of ties.
There has been a recent push by fans for each team to have a possession in overtime. Players expressed concerns about safety issues if the current rules are changed. McKay said there has been a growing concern about the increasing number of games decided on the first possession after the overtime coin toss.
Personally I would like to see each team get at least one possession,but apparently the players want as little time on the field as possible.
Im not sure I follow that argument,because the addition of 1 extra drive for the opposing team whenever the first team goes down and scores on the first drive occurs probably a handful of times during the year at most.
Actually there were 15 OT games last year,and there is a 43% chance overall of a team scoring on the first drive to end the game.That is about 7 extra drives out of how many over the course of the season?A LOT.
I know injuries can happen,but they can happen during practice,at home goofing off (Brandon Marshall) or any number of ways.Dont think 7 extra drives relatively speaking raises the injury risk that much.
NFL overtime rules won't change
By John Clayton
After further review, the NFL overtime rules won't change.
NFL competition committee co-chairman Rich McKay, speaking on a national conference call, said there will be no adjustment to the current overtime rules. The committee met for 10 days in Naples, Fla., and after consulting players and conducting a league-wide survey from the 32 clubs, there wasn't enough support to make any proposal to change the current overtime rules, which were created to minimize the chance of ties.
There has been a recent push by fans for each team to have a possession in overtime. Players expressed concerns about safety issues if the current rules are changed. McKay said there has been a growing concern about the increasing number of games decided on the first possession after the overtime coin toss.
Personally I would like to see each team get at least one possession,but apparently the players want as little time on the field as possible.
Im not sure I follow that argument,because the addition of 1 extra drive for the opposing team whenever the first team goes down and scores on the first drive occurs probably a handful of times during the year at most.
Actually there were 15 OT games last year,and there is a 43% chance overall of a team scoring on the first drive to end the game.That is about 7 extra drives out of how many over the course of the season?A LOT.
I know injuries can happen,but they can happen during practice,at home goofing off (Brandon Marshall) or any number of ways.Dont think 7 extra drives relatively speaking raises the injury risk that much.