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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
You're overestimating the problem. Do games go to PKs? Yes, but not always.
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Understood.
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Would more scoring help matters, both with decreasing ties and increasing excitement? Perhaps. But I doubt fans were glued to their sets when Mexico beat Dominca(?) 10-0 and 8-0 in qualifying play.
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Everyone is misunderstanding my point. I'm not saying that the sole problem is penalty kicks. It's a combination of things. The fundamental problem is that the low-scoring nature of the game makes it difficult to (i) avoid ties during regulation play and (ii) resolve in overtime play.
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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
The NFL overtime system sucks too. The first possession, at least statistically, has become increasingly important. If Viniatierri missed that field goal (or in 2002), we probably would have reform.
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Actually, and I haven't googled this, I recall them saying over and over again that the team that wins the coin toss wins the game like 52% of the time or something.
The NFL overtime system doesn't suck. You're saying it's not fair. But it is built to be exciting and it works.
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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
And college sucks even more, but in its own way. The 74-72 scores have to go. What happened to ties, other than in playoffs?
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Ties suck. And if you're looking forward to a game that ends in a tie, I don't know what to tell you.
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And WTF with hockey, which has a separate rule for the regular season OT games, with one less player for each team? Now that's bastardized.
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I don't know what to tell you about hockey. Not really that interesting a sport to me either.
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And aussie rules football is the balls.
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When I was in Singapore, I watched this all the time. Those guys are fucking nuts. Great sport. I don't think Americans are tough enough for it. Too bad.
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