(02-01-2022, 12:00 AM)Jaguarmeister Wrote:

(01-31-2022, 08:31 AM)mikesez Wrote: After last night, the team that wins the toss won 10 out of 12 games.  That's far from "just fine."

That’s a cherry picked small sample.  Overtime is overtime.

Cherry picked? "All playoff games since the last rules change" is not cherry picking.  I'm taking all the data available.  I'm not including regular season because a team might play for a tie in the regular season.

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(02-01-2022, 12:10 AM)Jaguarmeister Wrote:

(01-31-2022, 05:27 PM)mikesez Wrote: I think you misunderstood.
My idea is to replace *only the coin flip* with a quick skill competition.
They would still play regular 11 on 11 football after that, with first TD wins.

I think the skill comp is kinda silly.  A long 3 hour game ends in a tie, let’s just get on with the game and determining a winner please.  I think a 5 minute or 10 minute or whatever sideshow is unnecessary and getting away from the game.  

And whatever the particular skill is provides the team with the top players of that specific skill the ball first in most if not all overtime situations?  You’re selling me harder on the coin flip here.

It is silly.  But less silly than a coin flip. "If you want the ball first, get the best kicker/punter/QB" is a much better answer than, "Let's leave it up to luck".

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