NFL owners expected to vote on shortening OT from 15 to 10 minutes
NFL owners are expected to vote on a proposal next week that would reduce overtime from 15 to 10 minutes during regular-season games< Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com reports.
Owners had tabled the proposal after discussing it in March with the expectation that they would vote and approve it at the spring meeting, scheduled to take place next Monday through Wednesday in Chicago.
According to NFL Network, the league is also mulling a change that would allow two players per team to return from injured reserve each year, up from one as the rule currently states.
Owners debated the overtime proposal during meetings in Phoenix in March but tabled it for further discussion. The idea is designed to limit the amount of additional snaps players are exposed to when games go to an extra period. Last season, there were six overtime games in which the extra period lasted more than 10 minutes -- the second-highest total in NFL history.
NFL owners are expected to vote on a proposal next week that would reduce overtime from 15 to 10 minutes during regular-season games< Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com reports.
Owners had tabled the proposal after discussing it in March with the expectation that they would vote and approve it at the spring meeting, scheduled to take place next Monday through Wednesday in Chicago.
According to NFL Network, the league is also mulling a change that would allow two players per team to return from injured reserve each year, up from one as the rule currently states.
Owners debated the overtime proposal during meetings in Phoenix in March but tabled it for further discussion. The idea is designed to limit the amount of additional snaps players are exposed to when games go to an extra period. Last season, there were six overtime games in which the extra period lasted more than 10 minutes -- the second-highest total in NFL history.
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