Interesting and funny ways to solve the NFL Overtime Problem

As most people know when a game is reached it’s conclusion in the NFL it goes into overtime. The decision of who gets the ball first is based on a coin toss. Something that most people don’t like. Another problem is if the team who gets the ball first scores on the opening drive the game is over. Another thing that a lot of people don’t like. So here is what me and my random panel of people came up with to resolve all these issues.

-The most logical way to handle the overtime is by doing what college does. College football allows each team one offensive possession to score. If neither scores then it’s whoever scores first after that. Fair and simple.
-One person said that whoever did not have the last possession gets the ball first as a reward for stopping the offense from winning in the fourth quarter.
-Another person said the each Quarterback should compete in thumb wars (thumb wrestling) and who ever wins the thumb war gets the football first.
-Someone also suggested that the three captains on each team play rock, paper, scissors against each other. Whatever team wins, gets the football first.

There a few things I came up with that could be interesting and one idea that could even be dangerous.
-Have each starting Quarterback stand in the end zone and whoever throws the ball farthest gets the ball first.
-Or have each punter stand in the end zone and whoever punt the ball the farthest, their team gets the ball first.
-You could also have a shootout like in Hockey, have each kicker attempt five, 50 yard field goals. Whoever has the most out of five wins.
-And now the funniest and probably a really a dangerous one that could probably hurt someone. Place the ball at the fifty yard line. Have 11 players of each team stand in opposite end zones and as soon as the whistle blows, run out and try to get the ball. Who ever gets the ball first, gets ball first in overtime. The ball is spotted where ever they were tackled at. However by some miracle a player scores a touchdown though the mayhem, the game is over and there is no need for anymore overtime.

Now obviously some of these far-fetched and would never happen but you could combine some of the more logical ones to make it more interesting. The way things are being done are not even fun or exciting. At least one the ways my panel or myself came up with would guarantee a winner. There should be no ties in football because like for example with Philadelphia this year, it screwed up who would get into the playoffs or not based on the one tie. Because if the Eagles would have lost to the Bengals, they might have not made it into the playoffs. We will have to wait and see if the NFL ever decides to change the overtime rules and regulations.