Don’t look now, but the NFL is once again considering changing their overtime rules format.

Specifically, the league seeks consistency in resolving its tie games by making the regular-season and postseason overtime rules the same.

“In the regular season, overtime currently consists of a single 10-minute period,” Sports Illustrated reports. “If the team that receives the ball first on offense scores a touchdown, the game is over. If it only scores a field goal, the other team gets a possession to attempt to tie or win the game. If the team that opens the period with the ball doesn’t score, sudden-death rules apply, and the next score wins. If neither team scores in the 10-minute period, the game ends in a tie.

“In the postseason, overtime is considerably different. Postseason overtime periods are 15 minutes long, and both teams are guaranteed a possession. If the game is tied after both teams possess the ball, the next score wins.”

Since 2011, the team winning the overtime toss has won the game over 56% of the time, so the game’s outcome has become increasingly determined by a coin flip. This scenario isn’t acceptable to most fans, players, coaches, and owners, who have millions of dollars and thousands of hours invested into the outcome of regular-season contests, which go a long way toward determining postseason qualifications and seeding.

It’s good to see the league finally doing something about it,