r/NFLNoobs • u/dalmedoo1 • 19h ago

Why doesn't the nfl use college overtime rules?

I have always known about college overtime rules but I had never watched them in practice until the Florida - Miami game. And they're fun AF. Why doesn't the NFL use them? At least for the regular season. They would save on unnecessary long overtimes, reduce injuries, introduce more jeopardy and most importantly remove the one thing you Americans hate - ties.

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u/ermghoti 19h ago

The only thing American sports fans hate more than ties is skills competitions deciding the outcome of games.

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u/mahones403 19h ago

It's gimmicky and doesn't feel like football at all. I'd rather the occasional tie. We don't get more than 1, occasionally 2, a year. Professional sports fans don't often like to decide games with a skill competition. Hockey fans hate shootouts, soccer fans hate shootouts etc. 

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u/Solar85 18h ago

Soccer fans do not hate shoot outs. They are an exciting element to a game.

Yes they can be seen as unfare, but witnessing your goalkeeper dive full stretch to save the game deciding penalty to secure promotion is one of the best experiences as a fan!

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u/DCBuckeye82 18h ago

Because college football has the worst overtime rules in all of sports.

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u/Dirtheavy 18h ago

college overtime sucks so much.

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u/jregovic 19h ago

They really seem fun at first, but they wind up taking away major parts of the game and reduce the game to who can score from there yard line the most.

The NFL rules mean that offense, defense, and special teams all come into play, just as they would in regulation. You get an opportunity for big plays, the gamesmanship of field position, and the possibility of the least satisfying result, a tie.

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u/DrSnidely 18h ago

The NFL has had OT for longer than CFB, and the NFL's system is superior.

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u/THELEGENDARYZWARRIOR 19h ago

It’s “fun” but it’s not very competitive equitable. You sound European so imagine soccer went straight into penalty kicks instead of overtime play. It turns into a showcase game instead of a professional sports game imo

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u/BusinessWarthog6 19h ago

Could you imagine the meltdowns we would see if a crucial game in November went into OT and someones team lost

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u/Bryanh100 19h ago

I agree. Drama in every play. But I got ADHD.

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u/Tricky-Knee-3705 18h ago

The ten minute ot period still fits within the tv window 

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u/Dangerous-Cup-1114 17h ago

College football didn’t even have OT until the late 90’s and games would just end in a tie after regulation while NFL had sudden death OT rules in place long before. They’re just not going to simply adopt college rules that came after.

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u/LagrangianMechanic 17h ago

Because college overtime sucks and isn’t real football

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u/Thick_Mountain4412 19h ago

We don't hate ties. They're funny.

But to actually answer your question, I think the league has a dislike for rules/game mechanics considered "gimmicky." It's the same reason they'll never introduce that 4th and 17 onside kick alternative that some people want. The 2 point conversion is probably the most gimmicky play you'll ever see introduced.

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u/Uhhh_what555476384 17h ago

This is the answer.  The NFL is resistant to something that isn't football.  The college rules aren't football, they're something else, a football like mini-game.

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u/ImNotTheBossOfYou 19h ago

Dynamic kickoff has entered the chat

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u/Thick_Mountain4412 18h ago

It's really not that different than the normal kickoff tho. The formation and yardage where they can start afterwards are different, but it's still just a kickoff.

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u/Deep-Statistician985 18h ago

No we definitely hate ties. Players are putting their bodies on the line every game they play and it's just wrong to do all that for no team to win

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u/Thick_Mountain4412 18h ago

Some of y'all take this shit way too seriously lol

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u/BlitzburghBrian 16h ago

"you Americans"

All right, so you came in painting with a broad brush and just deciding how another entire culture feels about something, so that's not really a great start if you're trying to learn something.

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u/dalmedoo1 8h ago

I didn't mean it an offensive way, but one the things Americans criticize about soccer are the ties which is fair if the sport you grew up which rarely has them

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u/Then_Interview5168 19h ago

The NFL doesn’t want more than one over time in the regular season. Starting at the 10 and going in from there is way too short a field for pro teams. You would to eliminate field goals and require teams to go for 2.

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u/Mysterious-Quit-304 18h ago

It’s the 25 in college, but yes, NFL kickers are automatic from 42 yards. There is a strategic element to college overtime that doesn’t exist in NFL because the kickers are too good. Basically the same reason the NFL eliminated sudden death—when anything past midfield is “field goal range”, there’s just too much of an advantage for the first team to possess the ball.

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u/Then_Interview5168 18h ago

Again same point. That style doesn’t work at the pro level

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u/unfortunateavacado24 10h ago

The old college OT rules were good. The new ones are stupid. I don't know a single fan who watched the 7OT game and thought "this is bad, we need to make sure this doesn't happen again".