3afan
03-02-2010, 06:15 PM
"Under the change being considered for postseason games, a field goal on a team’s first possession wouldn’t equate to victory.
If the team that got the ball first scored a field goal, the other team could kick a tying field goal on its next possession, and the game would then revert to the current sudden-death scoring rules. If the team that got the ball first didn’t score at all, immediate sudden-death would also ensue. Any touchdown in overtime, even on the first possession, would end the game."
Yahoo! article ... (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=AjEmw6pnHuZpQfYRAsSVPLc5nYcB?slug=ms-trippintuesday030210&prov=yhoo&type=lgns)
If the team that got the ball first scored a field goal, the other team could kick a tying field goal on its next possession, and the game would then revert to the current sudden-death scoring rules. If the team that got the ball first didn’t score at all, immediate sudden-death would also ensue. Any touchdown in overtime, even on the first possession, would end the game."
Yahoo! article ... (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=AjEmw6pnHuZpQfYRAsSVPLc5nYcB?slug=ms-trippintuesday030210&prov=yhoo&type=lgns)