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Super Bowl 51: The play of the game was the overtime coin toss

Super Bowl LI was super, but decided by an archaic system that needs a desperate change.

Stop me if you’ve heard this before: A major NFL playoff game was decided by a coin toss.

Until last night, no Super Bowl had ever gone to overtime.

Casual NFL fans may have been grateful for an exciting overtime finish, but hopefully after the excitement fades there will be momentum for the NFL to fix their shoulder-shrug overtime rules.

The biggest game of the year, the culmination of 332 games can’t end on a random flick of a coin.