Thread: NFL proposes rules changes for 2017 season

Originally Posted by chazoe60

How does it not reduce the quality of the product? There will be more ties. It's not a big deal and it won't result in an exorbitant number of ties but it is guaranteed to result in more ties. Ties suck. Therefore the quality of the product will go down.


I love the college OT system, I'm probably in the minority on that but it is a lot more fun to watch IMHO.

The end result doesn't change the quality of the football that was played. If it was a good, competitive game, a tie doesn't make that not true.

As for there being more ties, I don't know that that's necessarily the case either. As the author of the one article said, teams will just start playing more aggressively earlier, and you'll still probably see the result swing one way or the other.

Originally Posted by BroncoWave

The end result doesn't change the quality of the football that was played. If it was a good, competitive game, a tie doesn't make that not true.

As for there being more ties, I don't know that that's necessarily the case either. As the author of the one article said, teams will just start playing more aggressively earlier, and you'll still probably see the result swing one way or the other.

Yeah but the last few ties that ive seen resulted in teams packing it in and actually going for the tie when the clock hit about 5 minutes. Nobody wanted to do anything to lose the game at that point since a tie is better than a L when it comes down to playoff tie breakers.

Originally Posted by chazoe60

How does it not reduce the quality of the product? There will be more ties. It's not a big deal and it won't result in an exorbitant number of ties but it is guaranteed to result in more ties. Ties suck. Therefore the quality of the product will go down.


I love the college OT system, I'm probably in the minority on that but it is a lot more fun to watch IMHO.

I would love to see the league adopt the college OT system. It would be must see tv. There's no need to protect the sacred cow. Extra points from the 3 were retarded too.

Get off my ******* lawn!

Originally Posted by Al Wilson 4 Mayor

I would love to see the league adopt the college OT system. It would be must see tv. There's no need to protect the sacred cow. Extra points from the 3 were retarded too.

This, or just play the whole quarter and eliminate the sudden-death portion of OT. Sudden death breads below average play and aggressiveness.

Originally Posted by Jaded

Get off my ******* lawn!

Now that's a man worthy of respect!

Originally Posted by BroncoJoe

This, or just play the whole quarter and eliminate the sudden-death portion of OT. Sudden death breads below average play and aggressiveness.

This is what I've always wanted (except in the playoffs, obviously.) If it's still tied at the end of a single extra period, both teams "earned" a non-loss (just no WIN.) Arbitrarily handing 100% of a very even game to the first team lucky enough to score first was dumb; changing that to "lucky enough to score THIRD UNLESS both teams have had possession OR one got a lucky TD" makes it worse, not better. Dumb>Dumb+complex, because "complex stupidity" is the worst of both worlds.

What? Are we still going on about NFL ties? I'm not that opposed to having an NFL dress code. Shows a little class!

Originally Posted by Cugel

What? Are we still going on about NFL ties? I'm not that opposed to having an NFL dress code. Shows a little class!

An NFL dress code? You can't be serious. Coaches dont even want to wear suits on the sidelines or practice. The players who arent playing are usually in team logo gear, so are the coaches.

Originally Posted by Al Wilson 4 Mayor

Let the kickers settle OT with a bareknuckle fistfight

Cheerleader mud wrestling

College OT is good for college, and I love watching the college game. I like the NFL's the way it is, even though the BRONCOS have been on the losing end at times.

Originally Posted by Nomad

College OT is good for college, and I love watching the college game. I like the NFL's the way it is, even though the BRONCOS have been on the losing end at times.

College OT is the answer to the question, "Sure, sudden death OT was arbitrary, but how can we make it MORE arbitrary...?" If regulation ends in a tie, why not have the head ref write down a number between 1 and 100, then whichever QB guesses closest wins? That's equally "fair" (i.e. random.)

Originally Posted by Joel

College OT is the answer to the question, "Sure, sudden death OT was arbitrary, but how can we make it MORE arbitrary...?" If regulation ends in a tie, why not have the head ref write down a number between 1 and 100, then whichever QB guesses closest wins? That's equally "fair" (i.e. random.)

But not much fun to watch. If you don't watch college football don't have an opinion on it.

College OT is fun to watch, but a bit gimmicky. Completely eliminates field position strategy, which is a big part of the game.

Originally Posted by Jaded

But not much fun to watch. If you don't watch college football don't have an opinion on it.

I HAVE tried, but its very nature always repulses me: The SECAA puts the "amateur" in "amateur sports." And OT rules are a good example of it getting worse.

Originally Posted by BroncoWave

College OT is fun to watch, but a bit gimmicky. Completely eliminates field position strategy, which is a big part of the game.

Last time I recall watching a college game was my first year in Norway, when I was absolutely desperate for SOME kind of football; college nominally (if marginally) qualifies. The whole thing feels very gimmicky to me. People call the SEC college balls best conference as if that's not part and parcel with its self-fulfilling basis.