'It's been debated' - NFL rules expert says league looked at college football overtime system before making major change

AMIDST a flurry of rule changes this offseason, there is still one aspect of the game that the NFL isn't interested in changing.

The NFL has no plans to adopt a new format for overtime.

This offseason, the NFL did make a change to overtime rules, adopting the playoff ruleset that was in place last season into the regular season.

Those rules give both teams an opportunity to score in overtime before the game ends.

Previously, if the team that received the ball first scored a touchdown, the game was over.

Now, a team has the opportunity to match that score and extend overtime.

However, in the regular season there is still an opportunity for a game to end in a tie if the overtime period ends with equal scores.

In recent years, many fans have called for the league to adopt the overtim