The NFL Overtime Period is a Joke!

I have been saying this for years, and if you do not believe me that is fine, but the NCAA actually has the correct way for a football game to be decided in overtime. There is no need for a professional sport to not have a winner, much less in an unfair manner.

Granted ties do not happen very often, and when overtime does arise it comes down to the better team. For the Giants v. Panthers last night. The Giants wanted it more, and it broke my heart to watch my team fall in such a manner, but regardless they had their opportunities.

The NCAA has both teams start at the 20, and if one team scores the other team gets a chance to retaliate with a score of their own. In the NFL it is a first to score rule, so a team must have a stop in order to get a chance to win. It all comes down to a flip of the coin, that is entirely unfair in my personal humbled opinion. Before you get all upset, had the Panthers won I would still be saying the same thing. This is not the way a Professional Team Sport should end after such a hard fought game on both sides.

The NFL needs to fix this, there has already been one time this year and it can very easily happen again in the coming years with the diversity of the talent pool. Please, for the benefit of the fans, change this rule and make it more like the NCAA. After such a hard fought game, the teams and fans need to be rewarded to see a clear cut winner.