No Such Thing as Fair Play With OT
Posted on | March 1, 2010 |
If the NFL ran the Olympics, 33 million Canadians might have jumped into the Bering Strait on Sunday.
Instead of Sidney Crosby scoring to beat the U.S. for the hockey gold medal, the game would have been decided by the faceoff.
First team to control the puck wins!
Overtime rules are not quite that bad in football, but they’re obtuse enough that something should be done.
The good news is the NFL is considering it. The bad news is I have to invoke the word “fairness,” which inevitably makes me sound like a whiner.
So to sum up my argument: Waaaahhhh!
I realize life and the NFL aren’t supposed to be fair. There’s no such thing as an ideal solution or guaranteed fairness. But when teams don’t have a reasonable chance to score/win, a little whining is in order.
The NFL’s latest idea: If Team A opens with a touchdown, it wins. If it kicks a field goal, Team B gets a chance to tie. Or it could win with a touchdown.
If neither team scores a touchdown on its first possession, the first team to score wins.
Perfect?
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