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NFL "issues"
« on: Jan 24th, 2003, 11:23am » |
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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/news/2003/01/23/nflpa_overtime _ap/.
Is it gonna' take the Super Bowl going into overtime and having the team who gets the ball first win on their first possession for them to change the format? I, for one, am for both teams getting the opportunity to touch the ball on offense in OT. But, like the article, I really don't like the college format. How about you all?
Also, I LOVE seeing the "issue" of "diversity" among NFL head coaches getting the attention it deserves in this piece!
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Re: Overtime
« Reply #3 on: Jan 24th, 2003, 10:02pm » |
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on Jan 24th, 2003, 11:33am, BarnabyWilde wrote:| Let team A have the ball first. If they score and Team B does not when they get the ball, then A wins. If A scores a touchdown, then B scores a touchdown, then A gets it again. If A kicks a field goal, then B scores a td, then B wins. Simple, but better than what they have now. |
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I agree 100%. It ridiculous, every time the team I'm rooting for goes into OT, I'm always praying that they win the coin toss, the COIN TOSS! Are you kidding me? What the hell does the flip of a coin have to do with a football game? Let the players decide the outcome and give them both an equal opportunity. I heard the owners might be against it because it could dramatically increase the length of the games, therefore increasing the odds of player injury... Hey, you could get hurt walking down the stairs in your own house , or slipping on your buddy's driveway or reaching for the phone.
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Re: Change in Playoff & Overtime format!?!?
« Reply #10 on: Mar 18th, 2003, 2:05pm » |
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What is up with this? A 7-team playoff format likely to be approved. Meanwhile, the overtime issue, which was such a hot topic, is looking like it is going to die. Here is the short of it from CNN/SI:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/news/2003/03/18/nfl_playoffs_a p/.
Here's the extended Associated Press report from "the Gridiron Newsstand":
http://www.silive.com/sportsflash/football/index.ssf?/newsflash/get_stor y.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?s0271_BC_FBN--ExpandedPlayoffs&&sports&sportsflash-football.
And, here's the REAL DEAL, the original report, from "the Gridiron Newsstand":
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/story/68093p-63356c.html.
14 teams to be in the playoffs. I really dislike this trend of playoff inflation. Granted, the old 4-team playoffs of baseball might have been a little too hardcore, but basketball and hockey, where like over half the league makes the playoffs, fuckin' yucky.   I do NOT want football to go in that direction.
As for the overtime issue, I, for one, would have liked to see them do something. Oh, well! 
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Re: Change in Playoff & Overtime format!?!?
« Reply #11 on: Mar 25th, 2003, 1:44pm » |
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Talk of adding teams to the playoffs is heating up. THANK GOODNESS it does not seem it will be passed this year. In short, the first consideration is to add one team to both of the conference playoffs, raising the number of teams to seven in both and 14 overall. Moreover, Chiefs team owner Lamar Hunt wants two teams to be added, bringing the total to eight teams in both and 16 overall, i.e. HALF OF THE LEAGUE.  Here is the word out of CNN/SI, ESPN and "the Gridiron Newsstand":
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/don_banks/news/2003/03/24/b anks_insider/;
http://espn.go.com/nfl/news/2003/0324/1528933.html;
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/sports/football/nfl/kansas_city _chiefs/5473137.htm.
The argument that supporters of adding more teams to the playoffs make that really gets under my skin is the one that contends that the top seeds get a grossly unfair advantage by getting the Week 1 bye. But, on the contrary, isn't that the advantage they have earned? Way back, wasn't that part of the rationale behind structuring the playoffs thusly? I mean I do not really know the answer to that second question. But, that is the "de facto" impression I have always had, and I liked the idea. Does anybody know the "actual" answer?
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Re: Change in Playoff & Overtime format!?!?
« Reply #12 on: Mar 25th, 2003, 3:44pm » |
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Part of the allure of football is that, with only 16 regular season games, every single one is important. We all know that what a hockey team does October-February is irrelevant as long as they get hot come March.
By adding playoff teams, the games become less important. I think it should be left at 6 teams. The system works.
As far as overtime is concerned, Philly sports radio was looking for possible changes in a discussion by the mid-day hosts. The best one I heard was that the first team to score 6 points (one TD, 2 FGs, 3 safeties, any combo) in OT wins. That way there wouldn't be a team winning the coin toss, driving 20 yards and kicking a field goal to win. They could kick the field goal, but then they'd still need another 3 points to get their 6 to win. The only drawback was that the team winning the coin toss could still return the kickoff for a TD, thus giving the other team no chance to win.
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Re: Changes in Playoffs, Overtime, On-sides kicks!
« Reply #17 on: Apr 1st, 2003, 3:03pm » |
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Linked to as one of the many "straight to the source" links on "the Gridiron Newsstand", CNN/SI's Peter King gives his take on the overtime issue. Summary of his take -  and I, as many of us here on "the Gridiron" do, agree! Here is the piece:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/peter_king/news/2003/03/31/ mmqb/.
It's a great read, especially the meat of the piece regarding the "Overtime Issue". Enjoy! 
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