Football Overtime Fixes

After seeing the end of a tie in the NFL today, and listening to Donovan McNabb's comments afterwards (he didn't think they could tie),

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I think that both the NFL and NCAA should re-think their current overtime systems.

The NFL system is terrible because typically the game is won by the coin toss. Just ask Leon Washington who said the key to the Jets overtime victory this week was Favre's coin toss call. Who would have thought that after all the offseason crying, retiring, crying, coming back, crying, being traded, and crying, Brett Favre's biggest moment of the year could have been "heads." What would the NFL do if a situation like today's Eagles-Bengals game would present itself in the SuperBowl? Hell, MLB had an All Star Game exhibition end in a tie and Bud Selig still hasn't heard the end of it. In fact, he instituted that awful home field advantage rule because of it (I reserve comment on this for a later post). How can an NFL game end in a tie? Terrible.

The College system is terrible because it takes away multiple facets of the game. Special Teams kickoff/coverage...gone. Deep pass...gone. I will admit that it's exciting, but I hate the idea of a team starting in scoring position. Terrible.

Here is my suggestion for fixing football overtime:

Each team gets a possession like the current college overtime, except to keep special teams involved, and to keep the field relatively short, each team would kick off safety pooch punt style to the opposition. This would bring all phases of the game into play, and give the elite returners a chance to affect the game like they do in the actual football game. If it's tied after the second overtime, stick to the college rule of making the teams go for two.

What do you think? More genious? Thanks.