Re: Football overtime
As far as your idea is concerned, why the 5-yard line? IMO, this wouldn't be any better than the current system. Most likely it would be a disavantage to the team that "won" the coin toss. Football is such a field position game -- starting so close to their own goal line would hamstring an offense to the point where they'd be wasting a series just getting into position to punt. The team receiving the punt would most likely wind up with ridiculous field position at that point, needing only a field goal to win.
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