Fixing the NFL's overtime should be pretty straight forward:
- One additional 15 min. quarter
- Both offenses are guaranteed one possession of the football
- If both teams score and remain tied, you enter sudden death and the next to score wins
- If both teams don't score and remain tied, you enter sudden death and the next score wins
- In the regular season, the game will end in a tie if both teams finish OT with the same score. In the playoffs, you'll play an additional quarter and first score wins
I've seen some people saying "defense is part of the game and you gotta stop them from scoring," but, how many of those people would still want the ball first in OT? Probably all of them. With how many advantages offenses have these days, it's sort of a ridiculous notion to think that the current OT is somehow fair.