A potential new rule that could come with the adoption of college overtime rules

[pf9]

How college football does overtime allows for the potential for games to end hours after they should have theoretically ended.

The NFL could recognize this if they adopted CFB OT rules, by giving the commissioner power to suspend a game that went into many multiple OTs, with the aim of finishing the game the following afternoon.

It is mitigated somewhat by the fact that CFB OT made the 5th and later OTs a 2-point conversion shootout.

This "curfew" would especially affect primetime games that ran long. If a game in the Eastern Time Zone still hasn't been decided as of 1:30 AM for instance, the commissioner could say that the game's conclusion would have to wait until the following afternoon.

[pf9]

This would be in place for Sunday games mainly to protect not only Sunday night football but also the primetime lineups of CBS and Fox.

[cp0k2]

This is one of the dumbest ideas I've ever read.

[candyman93]

10 minutes ago, cp0k2 said:

This is one of the dumbest ideas I've ever read.

You should read more of his threads.

[cp0k2]

1 minute ago, candyman93 said:

You should read more of his threads.

Oh, I have. I'm only surprised the idea wasn't floated to hire Jim Tressel as Commissioner.

[RedGold]

College football OT rules are awful,   Can we stop with this yearly trend 

 

Edit:  wait this is actually making college rules even worse.  Hard pass 

Edited September 21, 2020 by samsel23

[lancerman]

You do realize the players will never agree to this is because they want the games to end right? So you are adding a rule that screws up everyone’s travel plans and delays flights just because you can’t handle a tie? 

[lancerman]

1 hour ago, candyman93 said:

You should read more of his threads.

Idk, it’s pretty hard to take a topic and then amplify its greatest problem and pass it off as a good thing 

[pf9]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_professional_baseball_game

There was a minor league baseball game suspended because it ran too long and late

[Malfatron]

6 hours ago, pf9 said:

The NFL could recognize this if they adopted CFB OT rules, by giving the commissioner power to suspend a game that went into many multiple OTs, with the aim of finishing the game the following afternoon.

worse than a tie imo.

if the game goes on that long, a tie is the correct option.

[Malfatron]

2 minutes ago, pf9 said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_professional_baseball_game

There was a minor league baseball game suspended because it ran too long and late

yeah, lets have the NFL be more like minor league baseball

[pf9]

Another game has ended in a tie. From 1989-2011, only 4 ties occurred.

The rule changes since then have not been effective in preventing ties, making them happen virtually every year.

It's only a matter of time before the NFL's TV partners say they have had enough of the possibility of ties, and force the college OT rules to be adopted.

[pf9]

The current rules in the NCAA were likely adopted in their earliest form in 1996 because the TV networks showing college football had gotten tired of ties in that level of the sport too. And there was no overtime prior to the 1995 postseason.

[pf9]

The college OT rules were modified last year so that 5th OT and later becomes a 2-point conversion shootout. So it shouldn't be as big a deal for the NFL to adopt the college rules.

[pf9]

Furthermore, the current NFL OT rules still allow a team to lose in OT without ever possessing the ball if they give up an opening drive touchdown or allow a safety to the opposing team. In contrast, college OT rules mandate each team have at least one possession.