(01-28-2022, 08:20 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(01-28-2022, 12:55 PM)Mikey Wrote: The coin flip is still 50-50. The winner of the flip is allowed to choose whatever they believe to be the greatest advantage to help them win. Each team has an equal chance at winning or losing the toss. and even at that, the loser of the toss gets to influence the outcome by making the second choice. So if a team wins and elects to receive, the loser decides which goal to defend, and in outdoor games, they'll pick the side with the worse weather conditions should it come to a placekick. 

I guess I am just less at issue with a random event deciding a game. I'm ok with some stories not having a happy ending. We could probably argue in circles for months on this, but thus far I haven't heard of a fairer way to determine the winner without unnecessarily prolonging an already long battle on the field. Allowing for FGs to be matched takes away the cheapness of a victory won by moderate offensive production or a random penalty shortening the field; but if you let a team march 80 yards on you, maybe you weren't the victor.

Who can throw the farthest?  Each QB on the same goal line, which ball goes farther? Just as quick as a coin toss. More fair.
Or do the same thing with kicks.  Or punts.
Takes the same amount of time as a coin toss, and isn't random.

Don't be fatuous.

Do you honestly think the league is going to decide a game on a next-to-zero skill event?
Regardless of the coin toss outcome, both teams still have to take the field and perform to get the win.
I mean, if you just want to decide an outcome, two balls in a hopper, lotto style. first ball out wins. FOOTBALL AT ITS BEST

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