(01-21-2019, 07:23 PM)rpr52121 Wrote:

(01-21-2019, 07:01 PM)Jaguarmeister Wrote: If the league is concerned about player safety, they should just do away with overtime altogether.  Play calling in the 4th quarter would be adjusted in such a case.  Some teams would forgo going for the tie and would instead go for the win depending on how their season was going especially the further into the season we go.

In the playoffs, I think the current format is fine.  The college one basically hurts teams with great defenses by placing their opponent in scoring position already without having to earn it.  If you lose the coin toss in OT, it’s real simple...  just stop the other team from getting into the end zone.  The chiefs didn’t do that.

I think the best system is simply to allow for each team to have 1 possession on the ball. After that, it goes to sudden death. Instead of kick offs, you make substitute the post-safety kicks so it shortens the field a bit for both teams. No more extra points allowed after TD's. Only Two point conversions. 

Other possibility would be just to play another full period. No more sudden death, 15 minute full OT period. Winner is named afterwards. 

This could be all only in the playoffs too. That is totally fine. Leave regularly season as is or modify a bit to protect player safety like you stated.