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Originally Posted by SenorKeeed
It's close to a coin flip right now. Giving the second team a chance to answer a TD would hugely favor the team that kicks off initially. It might be worse than the old NFL overtime rules.
Help me understand this, and I'm not very intelligent, often taking the casual fan line of thinking, so walk me through it. If it's close to a coin flip now, why does everyone always take the ball first? Are coaches that dumb, or are they concerned with the backlash from the higher ups if they defer and never get the ball?
Also, if the rules were changed so that both teams get the ball, and, as you say, that benefits the team that gets it second, winning the coin toss would allow you to defer and gain that advantage. Winning the coin toss is always going to give somebody an advantage, but that advantage shouldn't be the other team never getting to touch the ball, imo.