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Originally Posted by mykalberta
The rouge settles way more games than it should. Instead you are penalizing the defensive team for a great defensive series.
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I guess I would substitute "plays a factor in" as opposed to "settles" in that statement; which to me is a good thing. We all seem to agree that in either league, football is as much about strategy as it is athletics; right? Well, in the CFL, with the "substandard athletes"; you now add an extra element of strategy.
There are so many times in a game when the single point comes into play- receiving team is up by 4- do you give up the single for field position knowing that now a field goal will tie it? Or when the receiving team is down by 7 late in the game- if you give up the single you have a better chance at getting a TD; but now you'd need a 2 point convert to tie.
Yes, it does suck when a tie game is decided by a single point with no time left on the clock. But for that one piece of suckiness, there are 15 good things about it. It all comes down to the fact that in the CFL there is no good time to leave the game early. As an example, Saturday I was watching the Stamps game. I had other things to do, but couldn't help but watch as Toronto started to come to life a bit. In the NFL I would have shut off the game 1/2 way through the 3rd quarter.
I would classify myself as more of a fan of the NFL game than CFL; but there are still things that I like about the CFL; and being a football fan I watch it. Heck, I even watch AFL if there's a game on. But for me; to dismiss an entire league based on a play that happens maybe once per season (that is the rouge deciding a game) smacks of somebody not fully understanding the nuances of the game.