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NFL Overtime Rules Change

NFL Overtime Rules Change

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Packers F.
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Started by Jamal Johnson 11 years, 6 months ago
I have it happen far too many times now. The NFL's overtime rules have destroyed the integrity of the game. Why should we decide the entire game on a coin toss where the winner of the coin toss needs only to score a touchdown to win. They didn't fix it when they changed it last time and it is not fair that there is even a chance, much less a good one, that one team will not even receive the ball on offense in overtime. I propose that they just set up for another quarter with the same rules as the fourth quarter, give each team a fresh set of timeouts and let them play until the 15 minutes are up. If it's still tied at the end of that, play another quarter or call it a tie game. Either way, it would be better than the fiasco the NFL has made of the overtime rules of this game. Thank you for supporting this petition and the game of football.

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Packers Fan
10 years ago Featured

It definitely needs to change. Once the other team scores, the other team should have a shot at trying. In overtime, the game should be over if the second team throws a interception or fumbles the ball. Its time to make overtime look like college football overtime rules so each team can get a shot. Aaron Rodgers in Seattle and Arizona didnt have a chance to be on the field in overtime so it's time for the other player to get a shot in overtime as well and if they create a turnover, than the game should be over.

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Patrick koellet
10 years ago

Just throw 8 minutes up in the board and shut everyone up

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Rosella Koeller
10 years ago

I ALWAYS THOUGHT SPORTS WAS A GAME OF SKILL....NOT THE "LUCK OF THE TOSS"!!!!!!! TWO SKILLED TEAMS....ONLY ONE GETS TO PLAY. IT'S A SHAMEFUL MARK ON THE NFL WHEN THEY HAVE RULES THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY UNFAIR TO THE TEAM WHO DOESN't EVEN GET TO TOUCH THE BALL. I COULD UNDERSTAND IF LITTLE KIDS MAKE THOSE KIND OF RULES......

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Tracy Koeller
10 years ago

Why not decide all games at the end of the game by the luck of the flip (or non-flip) of a coin?? Because a game should be decided based upon skill, not luck. We all know why this needs to be changed. It's the day after the Packer/Cardinal game! Players work very hard all year to win, why is it fair that a game should be decided by a flip of a coin?? A win should be about teamwork with skill not luck.

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Ben
11 years ago

completely unfair rule

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tina
11 years ago

BOTH TEAMS SHOULD GET AN OPPORTUNITY, NOT JUST A FIELD GOAL

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