NFL's New Rule Change

A coin toss will no longer determine the winners of NFL playoff games. At the start of the 2010-2011 season, if a team wins the coin toss and then kicks a field goal, the other team gets the ball. If the game is still tied after that, play will continue under the current sudden-death rules. Should the team winning the toss immediately score a touchdown, then the game is over. Team owners voted 28-4 on Tuesday in favor of the proposal at the NFL meetings in Orlando, FL. The new rule applies only for postseason games.