Defer?
Is that even an option?
"Interesting" is the wording of the choices for the toss winner: "offense or defense
first,
or designating the end of the field..."
Is there another "first" - as suggested by the "or"? Is "choice of end" actually
intended to be a third option for the toss winner?
Who in their right mind would take such an option? Wind, water, or whatever couldn't justify giving up the offense/defense option in subsequent series. What official would ever offer that option?
Suggestion (Ralph): "The winner of the toss shall be first given the choice of offense or defense; then, the loser will have the option of at which end this series will begin. If still tied.....reverse..."