Now, if you win the toss you have to get a touchdown or safety. Anything less, and the other team at least gets a chance to handle the football.
The Seahawks put an exclamation point on why that's a good rule.
It's no longer who wins the toss.
You've got to earn the win.
The Seahawks did.
I would support playing an entire quarter in OT. Let everyone share their 15 minutes.
Under the sudden death rules the team that won the coin toss in overtime won the game less than 60% of the time.
If you lost the coin toss, it was up to your defense to win the game for you.