Another Idea for OT Modification

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Statistics examined by the committee showed that since 1994, teams winning the coin toss win the game 59.8 percent of the time. The team that loses the toss wins the game 38.5 percent in that 15-year span, or since kickoffs were moved back 5 yards to the 30.

Those numbers alarmed Indianapolis Colts president Bill Polian, a member of the committee.

"We felt the stats are so arresting that something needs to be done," Polian said. "The original framers of the rule did not project the movement of the kickoff, or (the trend) in improvement of kickers."

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Source: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/22/1541796/goodell-supportive-of-overtime.html

So...why not just move the kickoff back to the 35 at the beginning of OT, and prohibit being able to kick a field-goal in OT if the line of scrimmage is further than the 30 yard-line? Or eliminate the kickoff in OT and force the "receiving" team to start OT at their own 20 yard-line? That would probably eliminate the "coin-toss advantage" while still maintaining the integrity of existing individual/team statistical records.