New Posts For Thread: Would the NFLl benefit from a bonus point system?https://community.betfair.com/north_american/go/thread/view/94138/30109395/would-the-nfll-benefit-from-a-bonus-point-systemwe saw today the benefit of it in the rugby union euro cup with 2 teams beaten at the half but battled for a bonus point in what would otherwise have been a dead rubber.any merit in something like a bonus point for being within say 3 & scoring 4/5 TDI have seen some very good grand finals in both super league and nrl that are fairly exciting late on in tight games.https://community.betfair.com/north_american/go/thread/view/94138/30109395/would-the-nfll-benefit-from-a-bonus-point-system?post_id=536027553#536027553I have seen some very good grand finals in both super league and nrl that are fairly exciting late on in tight games.Sat, 19 Oct 2013 05:48:16 -0500i love rugby & the american code of football as well, soccer bores me rigid btw. i just posed the question because i had just watched 2 rugby matches that were done & dusted as a result at half time but the bonus point kept them alive and made them fhttps://community.betfair.com/north_american/go/thread/view/94138/30109395/would-the-nfll-benefit-from-a-bonus-point-system?post_id=536021873#536021873i love rugby & the american code of football as well, soccer bores me rigid btw. i just posed the question because i had just watched 2 rugby matches that were done & dusted as a result at half time but the bonus point kept them alive and made them fFri, 18 Oct 2013 18:03:20 -0500No Rugby games will ever match the excitement of a close NFL game where a team goes for the two minute drive to win the gamehttps://community.betfair.com/north_american/go/thread/view/94138/30109395/would-the-nfll-benefit-from-a-bonus-point-system?post_id=536021623#536021623No Rugby games will ever match the excitement of a close NFL game where a team goes for the two minute drive to win the gameFri, 18 Oct 2013 17:42:58 -0500I think it's because your ideas came from Rugby, a game that is a bona fide cure for insomnia. For a game that is supposed to flow in the same way 'soccer' does, rather than a game that is broken up into set plays like NFL, it is nothing but stop/stahttps://community.betfair.com/north_american/go/thread/view/94138/30109395/would-the-nfll-benefit-from-a-bonus-point-system?post_id=536015101#536015101I think it's because your ideas came from Rugby, a game that is a bona fide cure for insomnia. For a game that is supposed to flow in the same way 'soccer' does, rather than a game that is broken up into set plays like NFL, it is nothing but stop/staFri, 18 Oct 2013 12:40:34 -0500fark me but some people seriously overreact to a simple question. "no i don't believe so" would have sufficedhttps://community.betfair.com/north_american/go/thread/view/94138/30109395/would-the-nfll-benefit-from-a-bonus-point-system?post_id=536008137#536008137fark me but some people seriously overreact to a simple question. "no i don't believe so" would have sufficedFri, 18 Oct 2013 05:42:14 -0500elway and 'the drive' against cleveland,montana stealing the s/b from the bengals and eli bushwacking the unbeatable pats a couple of years ago. one mistake and the game was gone ! not one mistake and you ave got another 40 plays to win !! i am withhttps://community.betfair.com/north_american/go/thread/view/94138/30109395/would-the-nfll-benefit-from-a-bonus-point-system?post_id=535997881#535997881elway and 'the drive' against cleveland,montana stealing the s/b from the bengals and eli bushwacking the unbeatable pats a couple of years ago. one mistake and the game was gone ! not one mistake and you ave got another 40 plays to win !! i am withThu, 17 Oct 2013 10:50:25 -0500Look at how many teams have 40 seconds or so left before they half and instead of trying to make a play they decide not to do any more damage or play it safe and go in with the lead they have, why?? they have a possession,shouldn't they use that to phttps://community.betfair.com/north_american/go/thread/view/94138/30109395/would-the-nfll-benefit-from-a-bonus-point-system?post_id=535997741#535997741Look at how many teams have 40 seconds or so left before they half and instead of trying to make a play they decide not to do any more damage or play it safe and go in with the lead they have, why?? they have a possession,shouldn't they use that to pThu, 17 Oct 2013 10:42:05 -0500Also if you look at the game inside 2 minutes, the losing team and also the winning team doesn't have all it's TO's left anyway, because they wasted them faffing about getting plays in, and trying to draw people offside on 4th and short, and icing thhttps://community.betfair.com/north_american/go/thread/view/94138/30109395/would-the-nfll-benefit-from-a-bonus-point-system?post_id=535992883#535992883Also if you look at the game inside 2 minutes, the losing team and also the winning team doesn't have all it's TO's left anyway, because they wasted them faffing about getting plays in, and trying to draw people offside on 4th and short, and icing thThu, 17 Oct 2013 05:32:53 -0500I already said how to stop it - you stop the clock after every play after the 2-min warning when the team in the lead is on offence >>>Why? So we can artificially extend the games even further? Teams have 3 timeouts and the 2 min warning, if they canhttps://community.betfair.com/north_american/go/thread/view/94138/30109395/would-the-nfll-benefit-from-a-bonus-point-system?post_id=535992843#535992843I already said how to stop it - you stop the clock after every play after the 2-min warning when the team in the lead is on offence >>>Why? So we can artificially extend the games even further? Teams have 3 timeouts and the 2 min warning, if they canThu, 17 Oct 2013 05:27:34 -0500I already said how to stop it - you stop the clock after every play after the 2-min warning when the team in the lead is on offencehttps://community.betfair.com/north_american/go/thread/view/94138/30109395/would-the-nfll-benefit-from-a-bonus-point-system?post_id=535989541#535989541I already said how to stop it - you stop the clock after every play after the 2-min warning when the team in the lead is on offenceWed, 16 Oct 2013 18:14:20 -0500