In just about any sport, a draw may not be the desired result, but is the natural result of a well played game. Look at chess. You need to make an an error to lose. Winners are good at putting pressure on opponents until they crack. The idea that someone has to lose and often leads to really stupid, artificial things being grafted onto the game. Extra innings in baseball, sudden death overtime in hockey or basketball, those I understand. Those are just natural extensions of the game. However, deciding a game on penalties (footie, international hockey) just rubs the wrong way. Could you see the seventh game between the Lakers and Celtics being decided by a slam-dunk competition, because they don't want any overtime?