{"id":409664,"date":"2026-01-14T23:17:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T23:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/409664\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T23:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T23:17:07","slug":"cfl-rules-committee-proposes-end-to-regular-season-tie-games-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/409664\/","title":{"rendered":"CFL rules committee proposes end to regular-season tie games"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The CFL rules committee is proposing the elimination of tie games during the regular season. <\/p>\n

If a game is tied after regulation time, a maximum of two overtime rounds are held with teams gaining possession at the opponent’s 35-yard line.\u00a0 Should the score remain even after two possessions, the game goes down as a tie in the standings. <\/p>\n

Under the rules committee proposal, if the score remains even following overtime, it would be decided by alternating plays from the opposition’s three-yard line until one team scores and the other does not. <\/p>\n

CFL playoff games, if tied after regulation, currently go to the two-possession overtime format. If the contest remains even after those possessions, overtime continues until a winner is determined. <\/p>\n

Another committee proposal involves the timing for the final three minutes of a half in a game. <\/p>\n

It recommends a 20-second play clock remain in effect rather than the 35-second clock, which is scheduled to be adopted this season. <\/p>\n

Both recommendations are according to a league source that requested anonymity because the CFL hasn’t formally announced the proposals. They still require approval from the CFL’s board of governors. <\/p>\n

CFL commissioner Stewart Johnston is scheduled to hold a teleconference call later Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-409664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}