Seems to be 3 good proposals:
1) Kick/Receive/Defer - Simple and elegant, easy to incorporate, allows for strategy during regulation.
2) 2 x 4-Turn "Halves," each team guaranteed (at least?) one kick and one receive - Straight forward; hurts slower teams, but most slow teams are bashy, and should be winning the attrition battle by OT, so advantages appear to even out. Possible downside is that OT is guaranteed to be lengthy time-wise as opposed to possibly being wrapped up in a couple turns.
3) Offense sets up first - Also simple and easy, and it sounds like those who are trying it are happy with it. Perfect Defense could be used as is, converted to "Quick Snap for Defense" or other possibility (maybe both teams get a re-roll, instead).
I imagine the best fit for each league will come down to the each league's individual preferences and requirements. As a commissioner, I plan on instituting option 1 for my league (which only plays OT in playoffs).
For those interested, there wasn't a problem in the NFL until 1994, when the kickoff was moved from the 35-yard line to the 30-yard line. See
http://www.azcentral.com/sports/cardina ... issue.html and
http://www.maa.org/mathland/mathtrek_11_08_04.html. The kickoff spot was moved sepcifically to give the receiving team better field position and increase overall scoring.
- JPS