Here comes the Super Bowl. And it's obvious what the league should do to remedy the unfair-ity of the coin toss determining first possession in overtime: field goal silent auction.
I am a lawyer, and even I can't figure out what's going on in football overtime these days. There is still a coin toss, and if the first team scores a touchdown it's over, I think, but if they only get a field goal, then the other team gets a chance to score. If THEY score a touchdown it's over (and they win, I think?), and if they don't score at all, the other team wins (right?), but if they merely achieve a field goal, then the game goes on as sudden death (first team to score wins). Thus, the winner of the coin toss still has a distinct advantage in overtime in the NFL. It's less exciting now, though, because as a spectator you don't always know what a given score is going to mean at any given time during overtime unless you have been paying close attention. This is stupid. Instead, let's do a field goal silent auction.
Here's how it works: When the game is tied at the end of four quarters, each team's coach meets with their kicker and decides on a bid. The bid is a number between 1 and 100, and it represents the length, in yards, of the field goal that team's kicker will attempt. Each team submits a bid, they each kick a field goal of the length of their bid, and whoever makes a longer field goal wins the game. The team that submits the higher bid goes first. If the first kicker makes it, their team wins. If the first kicker misses, the second kicker attempts a field goal based on the bid the second kicker's team submitted. If that kicker makes it, they win. If both teams submit the same bid, the away team kicks first. In any case where both kickers miss or both kickers submit the same bid and make their field goals, the teams reconvene and submit new bids. The process is repeated until someone wins.
Put simply, whoever makes the longer field goal wins, but you can only attempt what you bid. This could make for all kinds of fun scenarios in which kickers not only have to figure out their kicking limits, but coaches also have to get in the head of the opposing coach. Think the other team is going to push the limit and miss? Bid 1. And so forth.
- Choadstein
Here's how it works: When the game is tied at the end of four quarters, each team's coach meets with their kicker and decides on a bid. The bid is a number between 1 and 100, and it represents the length, in yards, of the field goal that team's kicker will attempt. Each team submits a bid, they each kick a field goal of the length of their bid, and whoever makes a longer field goal wins the game. The team that submits the higher bid goes first. If the first kicker makes it, their team wins. If the first kicker misses, the second kicker attempts a field goal based on the bid the second kicker's team submitted. If that kicker makes it, they win. If both teams submit the same bid, the away team kicks first. In any case where both kickers miss or both kickers submit the same bid and make their field goals, the teams reconvene and submit new bids. The process is repeated until someone wins.
Put simply, whoever makes the longer field goal wins, but you can only attempt what you bid. This could make for all kinds of fun scenarios in which kickers not only have to figure out their kicking limits, but coaches also have to get in the head of the opposing coach. Think the other team is going to push the limit and miss? Bid 1. And so forth.
- Choadstein
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