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  2. American football rules - Wikipedia

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    Before the 2010–11 playoffs, the overtime winner was simply the first team to score any points; [8] however, the rules were changed to reduce the advantage obtained by the team that won the overtime coin toss. Under the prior rules, the team that won the coin toss would usually elect to receive the ball and then gain just enough yardage to ...

  3. Laws of the Game (association football) - Wikipedia

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    1883 – The International Football Conference, held between the English, Scottish, Irish and Welsh football associations in December 1882, resulted in the unification of the rules across the home nations, which entailed several changes to the FA's laws the following year. The throw-in finally reaches its modern form, with players required to ...

  4. Coin flipping - Wikipedia

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    In some other sports, the result of the toss is less crucial and merely a way to fairly choose between two more or less equal options. The National Football League also has a coin toss for tie-breaking among teams for playoff berths and seeding, but the rules make the need for coin toss, which is random rather than competitive, very unlikely.

  5. NFL approves adjustment to playoff rules, resulting in ... - AOL

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    Due to playoff seeding being in the balance for Buffalo and Cincinnati, Goodell and the league’s competition committee drew up multiple scenarios that would work to eliminate potential seeding ...

  6. Forward pass - Wikipedia

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    Under NFL and NCAA rules, once the quarterback moves out of the pocket the ball may be legally thrown away to prevent a sack. NFHS (high school) rules do not allow for a passer to intentionally throw an incomplete forward pass to save loss of yardage or conserve time, except for a spike to conserve time after a hand-to-hand snap.

  7. Toss Across - Wikipedia

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    Toss Across is a game first introduced in 1969 by the now defunct Ideal Toy Company. [1] The game was designed by Marvin Glass and Associates and created by Hank Kramer, Larry Reiner and Walter Moe, and is now distributed by Mattel .

  8. SEC and its Dear Leader should accept reality: League no ...

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    Now, the league is down to one team — Texas, which wasn’t even an SEC member 12 months ago — and was a desperate fourth-and-13 conversation from being completely shut out of the semifinals ...

  9. List of gridiron football rules - Wikipedia

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    Similarly to association football, the game begins with a coin toss to determine which team will kick off to begin the game and which goal each team will defend. [2] The options are presented again to start the second half; the choices for the first half do not automatically determine the start of the second half (i.e. it is possible for the same team to kick off both halves). [3]