Sometimes I surprise myself
I was actually surprised just how wrong I felt the decision. To me, it felt a bit of a cop-out, a settling for half rather than backing themselves to go for broke.
I am happy for the 100 metres or any race to be settled as a dead heat because that's the rule, they don't have "play offs", but there was something just wrong about that high jump.
The whole ethos of elite sport is to win. You ask about the 100 metres and to be honest, I can't say why I don't expect a playoff, I think it's because it's totally a one-off, whereas the high jump isn't, it goes up incrementally anyway, so extra jumps to find the champion isn't bringing anything new into the mix.
I do know I would hate it to happen in football. Just imagine the FA Cup, Chelsea and Man United 2-2 after 90 minutes, they prepare to go into extra time when the two captains step up and say, nah, we'll just agree it was a draw and both be winners. It just doesn't work.