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NFL reduces overtime period from 15 minutes to 10, but why?
Yahoo ^ | 05/23/2017 | Eric Edholm

Posted on 05/23/2017 11:34:41 AM PDT by Phlap

CHICAGO — Beware standings tiebreaker person … an 8-5-3 division champion could be coming to the NFL soon.

The league reportedly has passed a rule at the owners meeting on Tuesday that will shorten the length of regular-season overtime games from 15 minutes to 10. There were two ties in the NFL last season, as many as there had been in the prior three seasons combined.

But this feels like a solution looking for a problem to us. How is this going to help … with anything? The NFL is expected to officially announce the changes later on Tuesday.

(Excerpt) Read more at ca.sports.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: chitchat; football; nfl; sports
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To: areukiddingme1
This is American Football...Not soccer, NO F’n ties!!! It feels the same, but you know it still isn’t right, it’s un-American!!!

Un-American is equally sharing the revenues amongst teams, even amongst the ones who suck. In soccer, if you suck, you get relegated, and good teams get promoted. Now THAT'S American.

21 posted on 05/23/2017 11:59:46 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: beelzepug

No white person in the Western Hemisphere cares about soccer.


22 posted on 05/23/2017 12:01:08 PM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: Dr. Sivana

Gaelic Football is awesome.


23 posted on 05/23/2017 12:04:46 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

Been watching English pro rugby on NBCSN. Very interesting game—like football but players wearing what amounts to soccer uniforms. Anyway, their standings are on a point system. 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, and 0 points for a loss. But teams can get bonus points. 1 point for scoring 4 or more tries (like touchdowns), 1 point for losing by 7 or less. So winning teams are encouraged to score more tries for an extra point and losing teams can get up to 2 points if they can keep scoring and keep close. Seems to make them want to play to the end of the game instead of just going through the motions.

Was watching one game where one team had the game won as time expired (the game doesn’t end when time runs out, but only when the ball goes out of bounds), but instead of kicking the ball out of bounds to end the game, chose to keep play going to get the bonus point for four tries.


24 posted on 05/23/2017 12:05:26 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: Phlap

There is a better way to solve the tie game situation. Change the scoring for field goals—goal line to 25 yards gets one point, 35 to 50 gets 2 points and any kick beyond 50 yards gets 3 points. This would change the game for the better and force head coaches to make some tough decisions. Never did understand why a PAT from the 2 yard line got 1 point, but a field goal from that same 2 yard line got 3 points.


25 posted on 05/23/2017 12:10:03 PM PDT by Saltmeat
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To: Phlap

Ties make things more interesting.


26 posted on 05/23/2017 12:12:04 PM PDT by depressed in 06 (60 in '18.)
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To: Phlap

If the game is tied after OT, they could have a field-goal shootout to decide the game [/sarc].


27 posted on 05/23/2017 12:12:17 PM PDT by rfp1234 (DinosorosExtinction)
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To: Trump20162020
I would (and do) think Robert Kraft cares almost as much about his soccer team as his football team .
28 posted on 05/23/2017 12:13:39 PM PDT by Phlap (REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
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To: jimtorr
I hate the NCAA overtime rule.

The NHL does overtime right -- sort of. I don't like the shootout but the 5-minute OT period of 3-on-3 hockey is very exciting and encourages the teams to play all-out to score.

29 posted on 05/23/2017 12:13:46 PM PDT by Alberta's Child
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To: Phlap

The ‘Noodles For Lunch’ crowd strikes again.

whatever happened to “Just Win BaBY!!!” *-?


30 posted on 05/23/2017 12:16:36 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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To: areukiddingme1
This is American Football...Not soccer, NO F’n ties!!!

For most of the history of the NFL, and in college football, ties were quite common. Not as common as in pre-overtime NHL hockey, but common.

Here is an arbitrarily chosen year 's standings:

NFL Standings Table
Tm W L T W-L% PF PA PD MoV SoS SRS OSRS DSRS
American
Cleveland Browns* 11 1 0 .917 331 152 179 14.9 -0.3 14.6 6.9 7.8
New York Giants 9 2 1 .818 254 161 93 7.8 -2.0 5.7 -1.6 7.3
Washington Redskins 5 7 0 .417 183 296 -113 -9.4 1.6 -7.8 -5.1 -2.7
Pittsburgh Steelers 4 7 1 .364 183 235 -52 -4.3 0.2 -4.1 -5.9 1.7
Philadelphia Eagles 4 8 0 .333 234 264 -30 -2.5 1.0 -1.5 -0.4 -1.2
Chicago Cardinals 3 9 0 .250 210 287 -77 -6.4 2.5 -3.9 -1.9 -1.9
National
Los Angeles Rams* 8 4 0 .667 392 261 131 10.9 -1.8 9.1 9.2 -0.1
Detroit Lions 7 4 1 .636 336 259 77 6.4 -2.1 4.3 3.7 0.5
San Francisco 49ers 7 4 1 .636 255 205 50 4.2 0.1 4.3 -2.3 6.6
Chicago Bears 7 5 0 .583 286 282 4 0.3 -1.5 -1.2 -0.2 -0.9
Green Bay Packers 3 9 0 .250 254 375 -121 -10.1 0.0 -10.1 -1.5 -8.5
New York Yanks 1 9 2 .100 241 382 -141 -11.8 2.3 -9.4 -0.9 -8.5
Provided by Pro-Football-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 5/23/2017.


For the record, the Rams beat the Browns for the Championship, the second of three Rams championships, and the only one in L.A.
31 posted on 05/23/2017 12:23:12 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: dfwgator
It's pretty much 50-50. The reason is that if the team that gets the opening KO doesn't get a first down, odds are the other team will get the ball in good field position, and only would need a FG to win.

Exactly. The other thing to remember is that the team kicking off in OT gets to pick the end zone to defend -- and wind is often a factor in these outdoor games.

32 posted on 05/23/2017 12:26:51 PM PDT by Alberta's Child
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To: Dr. Sivana; All

Thanks for the fact sheet...still doesn’t change the fact that I do not want to spend 3 or 4 hours of my life watching a game only to end in tie...One more reason why I seem to be spending more time watching UFC and MMA.


33 posted on 05/23/2017 12:29:45 PM PDT by areukiddingme1 (areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.))
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To: laweeks
And soccer has many more feigned injuries than the NFL

There. Fixed it.

34 posted on 05/23/2017 12:34:26 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Good judgement comes from experience. And experience? Well, that comes from poor judgement.)
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To: mykroar

Someone gets bumped on the soccer field and they go down like they were shot.


35 posted on 05/23/2017 12:37:08 PM PDT by dznutz
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To: areukiddingme1
I do not want to spend 3 or 4 hours of my life watching a game only to end in tie

Fair enough. My point was only that ties in football are plenty 'merican. Now, if you want to be a good American and not deal with ties, then BASEBALL is your sport. Normally, no ties there.
36 posted on 05/23/2017 12:37:29 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: dznutz
Someone gets bumped on the soccer field and they go down like they were shot.

Like a receiver who gets breathed on and then begs the official to throw a flag.
37 posted on 05/23/2017 12:38:13 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Saltmeat
You may end up changing the game completely in a way that you may not like. In the scenario you presented, I can already tell you that coaches will do their best to avoid attempting 25-yard and 50-yard field goals. They'll take a penalty or deliberately lose a yard or two on a play just to get beyond the threshold for the additional point on a longer field goal.

The NFL has already made some rule changes over the years that are designed to encourage coaches to push for TDs instead of settling for field goals. There was a stretch back in the 1990s where offensive numbers seemed to drop off a lot because coaches were playing for field goals rather than taking risks for TDs.

38 posted on 05/23/2017 12:38:26 PM PDT by Alberta's Child
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To: dznutz

LOL. See the link in Post #19.


39 posted on 05/23/2017 12:39:11 PM PDT by Alberta's Child
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To: Phlap

The funny part is they could have easily shortened overtime just by getting rid of that lame “everybody gets a turn” rule, most of these games that end in ties actually have both teams getting touchdowns.

I think Americans have a weird complex about ties. They should just end in regulation. More ties would actually help simplify the standings and make the league less reliant on that increasingly bizarre list of tiebreakers.


40 posted on 05/23/2017 12:39:26 PM PDT by discostu (You are what you is, and that's all it is, you ain't what you're not, so see what you got.)
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