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Next week, NFL owners will take a look at new rule proposal related to overtime, which could create a hybrid between the current sudden-death style and the popular collegiate style.  Though the NFL won't consider completely adopting the college rule, which guarantees that both teams will have a shot with the ball, owners may amend the rule so that the first team that gets that ball cannot end the game with a field goal.

Instead, if a the receiving team in overtime kicks a field goal, the second team will get a chance to match the field goal and send the game to sudden-death or win the game outright with a touchdown.  The potential rule will only apply to postseason games, though it could certainly have a significant impact on how the playoffs shake out following the 2010 season.

The rule change proposal comes in the shadow of  the NFC Championship game, in which future hall-of-fame quarterback Brett Favre had to watch from the sidelines as the New Orleans Saints marched down and kicked a field goal on the first possession of overtime.  While the Saints went off to Miami to take down the Colts in the Super Bowl two weeks later, Brett Favre and his Minnesota Vikings were sent packing, leaving many fans discouraged and others angered.  Even if <a href="http://www.stubhub.com/nfl-tickets/">NFL tickets</a> remain under high demand regardless of the distaste for the overtime rule, the NFL is clearly trying to improve its game according to the wishes of fans.

Many fans would certainly favor the complete adoption of the college style of overtime, in which both teams are assured to get a possession and the second team that gets the ball has a chance to match the score of the first team.  Though some can argue that this creates somewhat of an advantage for the second team, as they have the fortuitous position of already knowing what the first team did, the style has created for a bevy of memorable matchups.  For fans of the game, there doesn't seem to be a better solution for overtime, whether for the NFL or for college.

But telling the other side of the story are the NFL players themselves, who are mainly opposed to changing the overtime rules for a couple main reasons.  A main point of contention for the players is that they are more likely to get injured and already have a difficult time as it is recovering from a regular 60-minute game.  As it is, teams are at a statistical disadvantage the week following an overtime game even with the current sudden-death format.  With the college system, it would likely mean even more overtime football for the average overtime game, which is the main reason that the league isn't even considering the full adoption of the college overtime.

In an effort to please fans, however, the NFL has created its own version of the college format – one that hopefully would capture the best of the college style without exposing players to more injury.  But the main problem that they will look to overcome, the advantage of one team over another, is a challenge that may prove to be insurmountable.  Under the new proposal, if the first team kicks a field goal and the second team matches it, the first team will still have an extra possession with the ball and a chance to end it with another field goal.  Ultimately, there will be a game in which the same criticisms of the old format again surface, as fans will almost certainly see a second possession by the first team as an advantage.

The rule proposal also doesn't eliminate the concerns that players have about injuries and physical erosion heading into next week's game.  Even if they don't intend to change the rule to include regular season play, teams that play in a lengthy overtime one week in the playoffs will be at a disadvantage heading into the next.  While any overtime game will have this problem in the regular season, adding in a longer overtime in the playoffs will only extrapolate the disadvantages to the postseason, when the stakes are the highest.

Though fans typically want to see both sides get a crack on offense in overtime, defenses still have a chance to make a play and win the game for their team in sudden-death.  Everyone wants to see a fair and competitive matchup, but adding in extra possessions for overtime isn't the way to do it.

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