In the wee hours.....

[Dan_ref]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mark Padgett

I'd be interested to get some comments on the "five point must system".

Of course, I will never have to use it, since I don't allow overtimes.

My take is it's overly complicated and it leaves open
the possibility for double-overtime when neither team
can muster 5 points. Yeah, I know it potentially reduces
overtime when a team can get to 5 before the two minutes.
If your interest is to prevent the 7PM game from starting
at 8:30PM then just use a 2 minute running clock OT and
declare a tie at the end of the 2 minutes when need be.
Allow each team only 1 TO for the OT, FWIW & IMHO. OK,
TTFN...