Ties need to go away in football

[Forget Favre]

It's frustrating.
It's like your first kiss with your sister.
You scored and yet you didn't. Not exactly bragging rights.
This is the only sport I can think of or know about that can end in a tie.
They need to change the rules and to stop this BS.
This is our second tie game ender in just a few years.
Are we the only team with this "honor?"
At this point I'd even be willing to settle for a FG kicking contest to break this bad habit of tie games.
Or maybe send two guys to meet in the middle for a game of tic tac toe, checkers an arm wrestling contest of the best of 2 out of 3, tug of war over a mud puddle.
Anything!

 

[gonzozab]

It's frustrating.
It's like your first kiss with your sister.
You scored and yet you didn't. Not exactly bragging rights.
This is the only sport I can think of or know about that can end in a tie.
They need to change the rules and to stop this BS.
This is our second tie game ender in just a few years.
Are we the only team with this "honor?"
At this point I'd even be willing to settle for a FG kicking contest to break this bad habit of tie games.
Or maybe send two guys to meet in the middle for a game of tic tac toe, checkers an arm wrestling contest of the best of 2 out of 3, tug of war over a mud puddle.
Anything!

The NFL remains the only major pro or college sport in America that not only accepts ties, but actually changed two rules which has induced even MORE of them.

 

[ARPackFan]

Make both head coaches run wind-sprints until one of them falls over.

 

[sschind]

It's frustrating.
It's like your first kiss with your sister.
You scored and yet you didn't. Not exactly bragging rights.
This is the only sport I can think of or know about that can end in a tie.
They need to change the rules and to stop this BS.
This is our second tie game ender in just a few years.
Are we the only team with this "honor?"
At this point I'd even be willing to settle for a FG kicking contest to break this bad habit of tie games.
Or maybe send two guys to meet in the middle for a game of tic tac toe, checkers an arm wrestling contest of the best of 2 out of 3, tug of war over a mud puddle.
Anything!

I agree that ties are disappointing but I don't see a problem with them. You played the required 60 minutes and neither team scored more points than the other so you play another 10. Still neither team scores more points. Time to call it a day and get ready for next week.

You specified your first kiss with your sister. I'm wondering, is your second kiss with your sister any different?

 

[sschind]

Make both head coaches run wind-sprints until one of them falls over.

We might be screwed. We should take the tie.

 

[Forget Favre]

The NFL remains the only major pro or college sport in America that not only accepts ties, but actually changed two rules which has induced even MORE of them.

It used to be so dramatic with "SUDDEN DEATH OVERTIME" (Said in a deep football films voiceover.)
Now it's just, "You boys play nice for 10 minutes and if it's a tie, whatever! We don't care." (Said in a Jerry Lewis wimpy voiceover.)

 

[Forget Favre]

I agree that ties are disappointing but I don't see a problem with them. You played the required 60 minutes and neither team scored more points than the other so you play another 10. Still neither team scores more points. Time to call it a day and get ready for next week.

You specified your first kiss with your sister. I'm wondering, is your second kiss with your sister any different?

Tongues my man. Tongues.
And the third one?
That leads us to wonder why junior is a bit slower than the other kids.

 

[CaptainCanuck]

The NFL needs to get their act together

 

[Forget Favre]

The NFL needs to get there act together

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[Deleted member 6794]

This is the only sport I can think of or know about that can end in a tie.

This is our second tie game ender in just a few years.
Are we the only team with this "honor?"

I don't like ties in football either but have you ever heard of soccer??? A lot of games end in a tie in the world's most popular sport.

Aside of the Packers and the Vikings (of course, we played them to a 26-26 five years ago) the Bengals are the only other team to have two ties since 2013.

 

[scotscheese]

It's frustrating.
It's like your first kiss with your sister.
You scored and yet you didn't. Not exactly bragging rights.
This is the only sport I can think of or know about that can end in a tie.
They need to change the rules and to stop this BS.
This is our second tie game ender in just a few years.
Are we the only team with this "honor?"
At this point I'd even be willing to settle for a FG kicking contest to break this bad habit of tie games.
Or maybe send two guys to meet in the middle for a game of tic tac toe, checkers an arm wrestling contest of the best of 2 out of 3, tug of war over a mud puddle.
Anything!

Football(soccer), rugby league, rugby union, aussie rules, to name just a few are able to end in a draw(tie), can basketball end in a tie? can't ice hockey end in a tie after ot?

only America is set up for most sports to make sure there is always a winner at the end of a game, which is why i think you find it difficult when it happens, because it just doesn't happen often

 

[gonzozab]

I don't like ties in football either but have you ever heard of soccer??? A lot of games end in a tie in the world's most popular sport.

Aside of the Packers and the Vikings (of course, we played them to a 26-26 five years ago) the Bengals are the only other team to have two ties since 2013.

That's because nobody scores in soccer.

 

[Deleted member 6794]

can't ice hockey end in a tie after ot?

Most major hockey leagues have implemented a shoot out to decide a winner if overtime ends scoreless during the regular season.

That's because nobody scores in soccer.

That doesn't change the fact that a lot of soccer games end in ties.

 

[scotscheese]

Most major hockey leagues have implemented a shoot out to decide a winner if overtime ends scoreless during the regular season.



That doesn't change the fact that a lot of soccer games end in ties.

cheers for clarifying that for me, I've not watched NHL since CUJO was still at the leafs

 

[El Guapo]

Then again, most hockey fans abhor the shootout as a gimmick.

Fans may hate overtime, as do I, but I think that the owners/league and network probably stand to lose money if they do away with ties. It's no guarantee, but likely if you get rid of ties that means longer games when they go into overtime. That means that owners have to pay all of their hourly workers more. NFL is one of the few sports that stacks its games back-to-back. The longer a game goes trying to decide a tie, the longer the network can't show the next game. I'm sure that if I sat around long enough, drinking enough beer, I could come up with a list of reasons that the NFL doesn't want to get rid of ties - or more specifically, wants games to end in a pre-determined length of time.

 

[PackerfaninCarolina]

I have an idea

If the game ends in a tie after 10 minutes, have a hail Mary shootout from the 50 Hardline.

5 attempts each team, teams rotate back and forth just like soccer and hockey. Whichever team has the most completed hail Marys after that wins. And if you don't want to jeopardize player safety, have a no rushing the QB situation because he's not allowed to step over the 50 anyway.

 

[gbgary]

it's fine the way it is. we should have won in regulation, we're lucky min didn't win in ot. there's a good chance this tie will get/help us in the playoffs.

 

[AmishMafia]

Clearly none of you have hot sisters who are great kissers.

I dont see any problem with a tie. It is even the name of a Male garment that is only brought out for extra nice occasions, when you want to impress people. Additionally, most other sports are not as rough as football and extending games indefinitely like a sissy baseball player isnt an option. I do like the college fake little football game option though.

 

[XPack]

This is the only sport I can think of or know about that can end in a tie.

Perhaps in America, but tie/draw is quite common across multiple sports everywhere else.

 

[XPack]

I think we should get take the offensive yards as tiebreaker.

OT should be like this:

Both teams get 1 turn on the ball. Whoever gets the FG wins, if both teams get the FG, then which team has the most offensive yards win the game.

Team A moves the ball to opponent's 10 yard line and then scores a FG.
Team B gets the ball and they have to score a FG and move to less than 10 yards.

Both team can score a FG and have the same offensive yards, but that's a statistical exception. Just toss a coin.

 

[CaptainCanuck]

Clearly none of you have hot sisters who are great kissers.

I dont see any problem with a tie. It is even the name of a Male garment that is only brought out for extra nice occasions, when you want to impress people. Additionally, most other sports are not as rough as football and extending games indefinitely like a sissy baseball player isnt an option. I dont like the college fake little football game option either.

Hockey is a pretty rough sport and the NHL never ends in a tie

 

[Alex]

Make both head coaches run wind-sprints until one of them falls over.

You realize if this happened we would lose to every team except maybe the Chiefs. So no thanks!

Most major hockey leagues have implemented a shoot out to decide a winner if overtime ends scoreless during the regular season.

The shootout is a terrible way of deciding games, in fact, you aren't even playing the game. That's like having baseball decide ties on a HR derby or a 3-point contest in the NBA. Closest thing I'd relate it to in football is just a kicking contest.

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

Didn't we discuss this last year and the year before and the one before that one and we always end up .....in a tie with no clear cut winner?

 

[pacmaniac]

They should start all possessions at the 40 yard line in OT. One of the teams has to be good enough to get 25 yards to get into FG range.

After 15 minutes, then have a 2-point conversion shootout. Five 2-point conversion attempts and whoever converts more wins.

 

[AmishMafia]

Hockey is a pretty rough sport and the NHL never ends in a tie

I did say "most" other sports. Hockey is very brutal, maybe more than football lately. But they dont have a continuous OT and win is determined by a shootout.