Donovan McNabb is in his 10th year as a quarterback in the National Football League. Until yesterday, he did not know that a regular season game could end in a tie. He learned it the hard way, as the Eagles and Bengals played to a 13-13 tie. In this video clip, he mentions his lack of knowledge of regular season overtime.
How do you not know there's a tie possibility? I didn't know it, but I don't get paid millions of dollars to play that game! It sounds like they would have done some things differently if they had known!
I guess it's possible to not even think about the possibility of a tie, since the NFL is the only level of football left where there a tie is an option.
Earth to NFL players: If you play an entire overtime in the regular season, and no one scores, the game is over. It ends in a tie. In the playoffs, however, they keep playing until someone scores.
How do you not know there's a tie possibility? I didn't know it, but I don't get paid millions of dollars to play that game! It sounds like they would have done some things differently if they had known!
ReplyDeleteI guess it's possible to not even think about the possibility of a tie, since the NFL is the only level of football left where there a tie is an option.
ReplyDeleteEarth to NFL players: If you play an entire overtime in the regular season, and no one scores, the game is over. It ends in a tie. In the playoffs, however, they keep playing until someone scores.