The old sudden death NFL coin toss rule from the perspective of an ecomonist: the Team that loses the coin toss needs to achieve victory (Vi) twice. They need to win on defense (V1), then on offense (V2). So they need V2 under the condition that V1 occurs. So they need V1 × V2. If we assume a general victory probability if 0.5, the coin toss losers have a chance of victory of 0.5 x 0.5 = 0.25.
The coin toss winners only need a V2= 0.5 giving them an advantage of 100%.
In my opinion this goes against the concept of may the better man win, I want to watch a real contest not a game of roulette.
An appropiate rule would be: if the coin toss losers defense stops the offense, that Team wins.
The coin toss winners only need a V2= 0.5 giving them an advantage of 100%.
In my opinion this goes against the concept of may the better man win, I want to watch a real contest not a game of roulette.
An appropiate rule would be: if the coin toss losers defense stops the offense, that Team wins.