How is the NFL overtime rule fair to the team that does not win the coin toss?

Answer 1

The purpose of the Overtime Rule is not to be fair. The purpose is to pick a winner. Both teams have played 60 minutes. Each team has stopped the other. Both teams had opportunities to win during regulation. Now, it is simply time to get it over with.

It is as fair and unbiased as choosing can get in the NFL. Flipping a coin is 50/50 always, no matter what.(As long as there is a heads and a tails.) Since the home team already has the advantage of being at home the visiting team gets to pick in the coin toss. Winning the coin toss does not mean winning the game.(plenty of teams who won the coin toss in the '09-'10 football season have lost the game) The team that wins(assuming they chose to receive rather than kick) has to move the ball close enough to the endzone before they even think about scoring. The team that defends has to play their heart out to stop this. If they do then they have a chance to score and end the game. And sometimes, they even have a chance to score while on defense so it's all in how they play.