NFL overtime rule

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Originally Posted by King Glorious

Whether you can score runs or not on defense in baseball is irrelevant. The whole argument of those that are against OT in football is based on the defense stopping the other team and they are saying that if they can't stop the other team, they don't deserve to win. I'm saying that if you can't stop the other team from scoring a run, why should you get a chance on offense? It's the same thing. If defenses in the NFL scored as much as offenses, then I'd agree. But a team getting a defensive score is an abnormality so it's incorrect to imply that the defensive team has just as much chance to score as the offensive team.

I just don't get your argument. In football both teams either have equal possessions or one possession more. Even if you fumble the kickoff it is still a possession. So if you want to even possessions in OT then how can you possibly think it is fair for a game to end in regulation on a last second FG for a team who is on their 10th possession when the other team has only had 9. Shouldn't that team get an untimed drive to come back to make it fair? And do you realize how ridiculous that would be?