I am talking about the notion of whoever's leading after 60 minutes, or 48 minutes of play being declared the winner. It doesn't make sense to me.
If a team leads for the majority of 60 minutes, they should win the game. Just because another team makes a comeback and scores in the last minute does not make them the better team.
The 60/48 minutes is an arbitrary number. If you lead for more than half of that time, then your team is the better team and should get the win, end of story.
How does it make sense to give a win to Team B that's down 2-0 for the entire game, but then ties it up and wins in the last minute of play. They were down the WHOLE game, but just happened to be ahead at the arbitrary time of 60 minutes. This does not make them the better team.
There is nothing to say the other team, Team A could not then score in the 61st minute (if you allow them to play longer). If that happened, out of 61 minutes, Team B would have lead the game for only 1 MINUTE. And you are saying they are the better team? Give me a break.
This is an inherent flaw in sports, and I believe the team who leads the majority of the game should get the win. It makes for less entertainment though, I do admit, although teams would give it their all at the beginning.