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NFL overtime rules have been hotly debated in the 2020s and it's not hard to see why, especially when it comes to the NFL Playoffs. Obviously, when it comes to the postseason, we can't have games that end in a tie. There has to be a winner that advances to ...

Walt Anderson, who doesn’t appear in the link to the members of the NFL’s football operations team, had been the Senior V.P. of Officiating. In April 2024, the NFL announced that Anderson “is transitioning to a new role as NFL rules analyst and club communications liaison .”