(05-23-2017 07:30 PM)Wedge Wrote:  They should just eliminate regular season overtime altogether. Just play the four quarters and move on. The NFL did just fine for 50-plus years without regular season overtime.

And this isn't going to happen because the NFL is too arrogant to borrow this from soccer, but: The way to incentivize teams to play for a win instead of a draw is to award 3 points for a win and 1 point for a draw.

Or just tell teams that a tie is the equivilant of a loss when calculating winning percentage. So for example, a 4-3-1 record is considered the same as 4-4.

That way, they have nothing to lose by playing for a win, except maybe giving a win to your opponent if you make a high-risk mistake.