Here's how you fix overtime

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If there is a time after both teams posses the ball, kickers start at 40 yards out and kick for the win, increasing distances of 5 yards

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so you want to "fix" overtime with a possible kicking competition? This is worse than the current system.

Simple rule change

Current rule: both teams get a chance to possess the ball, UNLESS the first team scores a TD, or if both teams score field goals than next score wins

New rule: both teams get a chance to possess ball. If both teams score equal points than next score wins

Additional consideration: could change OT to only allowing 2 pt conversions, no PAT. This would statistically significantly reduce the chance of a tie after each team has possessed the ball

I would do the college ot system starting on the 50 yard line.

Here's the easy fix:

Play the entirety of the OT period like a normal football game.

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New rule: both teams get a chance to possess ball. If both teams score equal points than next score wins

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A next score wins still gives the advantage to the team that won the toss.

But does overtime need fixing? I still fail to see the prerequisite for both teams to possess the ball. If you lose the coin toss, man up on D and you’ll get the ball. In that the losing team couldn’t stop the Offense and lost in OT without the ball…that’s on that team for playing shitty D!

I don’t know why folks keep crying about “fair” either. I know teams are tied to get to OT but what if one team, by the coin flip to start the game, gets extra possessions in regulation due to when they receive the ball? How about the possession arrow in basketball? Often a team gets an extra possession over another with that…why not try to “fix” that?

Bottom line, coin flips are a part of the game…if you want the ball in OT after losing a flip, keep the other team out of the end zone.

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A next score wins still gives the advantage to the team that won the toss.

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Any advantage is much less than the advantage of winning the toss under the current rules.

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Any advantage is much less than the advantage of winning the toss under the current rules.

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But as I mentioned, at the start of the game the flip can sometimes make a team get an extra possession…the coin flips are part of the game. Equity can’t be guaranteed in a football game.

College overtime rules but you start at your own 40

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But why are we ok making the coin flip matter THAT much? If there was a very simple way to lessen the advantage of winning a coin flip, doesn't that seem like a good idea?

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The reality of it is that most these OT games do see both teams get the ball. And just as in any other facet of the game, if you don’t make the necessary plays to win…in this case making plays to keep the other team from scoring a TD…then you lose.