Not sure what to think about this. I’ve always felt that the sudden death format was ‘fair’ enough. Everyone knows the rule going in- the defense knows it has to stop the opposing offense. It knows how far an offense has to go to be in field goal range for that team’s kicker. It’s put-up or shut-up time then. I’m not really sure what’s not ‘fair’ about that. I mean, is defense really that disadvantaged in OT?
Somewhere along the way it would be nice to get a definition of the word ‘fair’ because clearly, it means something different to everyone. One man’s fair is another man’s “Help! Help! I’m being repressed!” Perhaps it should be abolished from our dialect all together. Seems fair to me…
Anyway, meaningless rant aside, the new rule seems interesting. I wonder how long before it’s decided to just remove the “sudden death” all together and just play either an abbreviated quarter or a whole quarter.