How to break ties - on the field of play

I think this is called a "Kansas City tiebreaker" ??

Basically, the two tied teams get together and play overtime rounds until one team wins.


With three teams you could just have each team play one round against each of the two other teams. If at the conclusion of that first one, one team has totalled more points than the other two - tiebreaker is over. If two teams are tied and have more points than the third, then do a tiebreaker with the two teams.

Example of one round:

Team A plays offense against team B and scores 7
Team C plays offense against team A and scores 7
Team B plays offense against team A and scores 0
Team C plays offense against team B and scores 3
Team A plays offense against team C and scores 3
Team B plays offense against team C and scores 3

So A has 10, B has 3, and C has 10. B is eliminated, and A and C play OT rounds till one wins.



It sounds silly but I don't think its any sillier than the ridiculous tie-breakers that are used. Anything past head-to-head is just arbitrary BS. A tiebreaker like this would settle it on the field of play without having to play a full game, and it would make for an excited 15 minutes of football