Cowboys for amended OT rule

[Hoofbite]

So then why aren't all games high scoring with a final score of 59-56?

Hmmmm......good question.

 

[Doomsday101]

Screw you Roger Goodell. Screw you long and hard.

What did Goodell do?

 

[STAR GAZER]

With this rule change and the helmetless rule change, we will miss out on games like the ones highlighted in this video I made back in 07.

Just check it out and see if you still think these changes would be best for the game.

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[Arch Stanton]

richeisen

Change is here RT @JasonLaCanfora: NFL's OT changes for playoffs passed. press conference upcoming. check out NFL.com and NFL Network

 

[Arch Stanton]

Overtime proposal passes

Posted by Michael David Smith on March 23, 2010 3:22 PM ET
The National Football League owners have approved a change in overtime, starting with the playoffs following the 2010 season, that will modify the sudden-death format and prevent a team from winning a game with a field goal on the opening possession.

The vote was 28-4. It needed at least 24 votes to pass.

It's the first change in playoff overtime rules in the NFL in 52 years.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/03/23/overtime-proposal-passes/

 

[Hook'em#11]

Stupid rule change.

Take care of business during regulation, or suffer the consequences.

Man, And I thought I couldn't stand Tags.. This Goodell puke is 100 times worse.

 

[Arch Stanton]

McClain_on_NFL

Overtime proposal passed 28-4. Bob McNair says they're going to discuss it again before season and it could be extended to regular season.

 

[Arch Stanton]

NFL changes overtime system for postseason games
ORLANDO, Fla.--The NFL's franchise owners voted here Tuesday to ratify a proposal to change the sport's overtime format.

The owners approved the measure, proposed by the NFL's competition committee, by a vote of 28-4 for postseason games only.

But they also will reconsider the measure at a May owners' meeting in Dallas and possibly could use the new system for regular season games as well.

Buffalo, Minnesota, Baltimore and Cincinnati voted against the proposal.

The new system eliminates the possibility of a team winning a postseason game with a field goal on the opening possession of overtime.
Under the new system, the team that gets the ball first in overtime could win the game with a touchdown. If that team gets a field goal, the other club would have a chance to get a possession and tie the game with a field goal or win it with a touchdown. If that team gets a tying field goal, the game would proceed on a sudden-death basis. If neither team scores on its first possession of overtime, the game would be sudden death from there.

Competition committee members said they proposed the rule because of a trend over the last 16 years in which the team that wins the overtime coin toss has won the game much more frequently, thanks in part to improved field goal accuracy. Prior to 1994, the team that won the coin toss had won only half the overtime games.

The proposal was not made for regular season games, in large part because of the increased risk of injuries to players that would accompany longer games.
BY MARK MASKE | MARCH 23, 2010; 3:35 PM ET | CATEGORY: LEAGUE

http://views.washingtonpost.com/the...vertime-system-for-postseason-games.html#more

 

[Arch Stanton]

McClain_on_NFL

There was so much sentiment for putting the overtime change in for regular season that it could be voted in at the May meetings.

 

[Arch Stanton]

Jay_Glazer

Coaches and execs were supposed to be in the room. It was supposed to be done tomorrow, not today. These coaches are beside themself

 

[bbgun]

Just call it the Brett Favre Rule. Keep tinkering with success, *******s.