OT/SV

[911Dad]

Just curious...what are the opinions out there on different overtime formats?

Reason I ask, my son went to a meet a couple weeks ago and wound up in a situation where they used just one untimed overtime period...start on your feet, keep battling until someone gets the takedown.  It's killing me that I missed it, because it sounds like it went on for about seven minutes before the match was decided.  Both kids were completely gassed, and it sounds like the whole building was watching by the time it ended...

While that's an exciting format, I've never heard of it before...it had to be a real test for them since it amounts to over two more matches worth of wrestling for them, since they're still doing 1 minutes periods at that level...

What do you think is the most fair/exciting/reasonable format for deciding matches tied in regulation?  Let me hear ya...

Merry Christmas!!   

-Dad