Results For NFL Week 12 2013

What a disastrous week of picks
There is nothing to say but it stinks

6-7-1
42.85%

which plummets my season record to 110-65-1 - 62.50%
That is not acceptable.

Something else that is not acceptable is a TIE!

This is a professional sports competition.
There is a winner.
There is a loser.

The argument I have heard for ending the game after 1 over time session is player safety followed by how often does it happen? As infrequent as it is, a tie is acceptable.

NO IT IS NOT!

If the thought is it doesn't happen very often so a tie is ok -
My response is, no more than it happens, play till there is a winner. It is not that much of a risk to player safety.

This is not peewee football where the goal is to teach fundamentals, sportsmanship, & promote physical fitness.
We are not worried about making sure everyone feels good about themselves.
This is not High School football
This is not College football.
We are not dealing with student athletes.
We are not talking about a family game of touch football after thanksgiving dinner;
We are not talking about a pickup game in the park;
We are talking about a multi-billion dollar industry;
with jobs on the line;
fans paying significant dollars to attend the game;
advertisers spending huge money for market share;
to watch 2 professional teams COMPETE!
One team should win.
The other team doesn't.

Try this to settle the outcome if you prefer:
At the end of the 1st overtime ask both teams if they want to concede the win to the other team.
If one team says yes - we concede - then fine; they get the loss.
Otherwise, play again;

Offer a coin toss and the winner of the coin toss wins the game
That is better than a tie.
Unfair? Play again.

Whether you make it a whole quarter or a shortened quarter I don't care.  But keep playing.

They should keep the kickoffs & punts and all the elements of the game intact. But keep playing until you have a winner.

In the immortal words of Herman Edwards:
"This is what is great about sports, this is what the greatest thing about sports is
you play to win the game
HELLO
YOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME
you don't play it to just play it
that's the great thing about sports
you play to win
and I don't care if you don't have any wins
you go play to win
when you start telling me it doesn't matter,
Then we tie. Get Out!
'cuz it matters!"