Three thoughts after watching two thrilling but flawed overtime games on the NFL’s Championship Sunday;
1. The NFL overtime rule is broken.
In baseball, both teams get to bat in extra innings. In tennis, both players get to serve in a tiebreaker. In basketball, they don’t have a pre-OT coin flip, let one team start with the ball and, if that team scores, declare the game over.
And in college football, both offenses get the ball at least once from the other team’s 25-yard line.
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