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03-26-2003, 08:51 PM
PHOENIX (March 26, 2003) -- The league closed its annual spring meeting by voting down a proposal to give both teams a shot at the ball in overtime. And it tabled a proposal to expand the playoffs from 12 teams to 14.
The plan to change the overtime rule got 17 votes, seven short of the 24 required for passage.
"They made the decision because the current system presents a tremendous reward or risk. That's something that adds a lot of excitement to the game," said Indianapolis general manager Bill Polian, who helped convince the other teams by citing the Colts' 23-20 overtime victory against the Broncos in the Denver snow.
The expansion of the playoffs got more support than either commissioner Paul Tagliabue or competition committee chairman Rich McKay expected.
But it was tabled until the league's May meeting in Philadelphia because, Tagliabue said, the league had to study the ramifications for both competition and television coverage involved in adding two wild-card teams.
http://nfl.com/news/story/6278896
The plan to change the overtime rule got 17 votes, seven short of the 24 required for passage.
"They made the decision because the current system presents a tremendous reward or risk. That's something that adds a lot of excitement to the game," said Indianapolis general manager Bill Polian, who helped convince the other teams by citing the Colts' 23-20 overtime victory against the Broncos in the Denver snow.
The expansion of the playoffs got more support than either commissioner Paul Tagliabue or competition committee chairman Rich McKay expected.
But it was tabled until the league's May meeting in Philadelphia because, Tagliabue said, the league had to study the ramifications for both competition and television coverage involved in adding two wild-card teams.
http://nfl.com/news/story/6278896