What rules would you get rid of in sports?

[eja117]

designated hitter

offsides in hockey and soccer

I'd change NBA defense back the way it was before Stern made it so if you breath on one of his precious ball handlers you get called for a foul

I'd change NFL defense back to the way it was before they limited what defensive backs could do so that Peyton Manning could maybe win

I'd change NFL overtime to the college system but from further away

I'd make flopping twice in a game an auto ejection...all that Euro soccer trash stuff has got to go

I'd allow players to put anything performance enhancing in their bodies that they want to in exchange for a big asterisk

I'd make all players get paid via annuity so I don't have to keep hearing all these boo hoo stories about them losing their money

I'd have a child support division making sure players were taking care of their kids and a nanny/tutor division payed for by the players

I'd hire former CIA and KBG agents to keep very close tabs on all refs (and coaches and players)

I'd allow players, agents, coaches, refs, etc to have freedom of speech on all matters in any form of media

I'd suspend players for three quarters of a season who commit or seem to have committed any violence (I'm thinking Jason Kidd, Kobe, and Rothlisburger)

I'd have very steep penalties for recreational drug use.

I'd put a lot of pressure on the NCAA to allow players to declare for the draft and not lose eligibility. NCAA players are nothing resembling amateurs and they shouldn't get fudged for trying to find and get paid what they're worth

I'd start having cold weather all star games and Super Bowls/National Championship games

I'd never allow a coach who does violence to his players to coach again and I'd suspend coaches who throw chairs for the year

I'd allow fighting in hockey...and every other sport

I'd insist all Nascar and Indy races be electric cars charged with renewable energy....except once a year

[jrmzt]

isnt there going to be a cold superbowl soon? Giants stadium wasn't it?

[freshnthehouse]

May 7, 2013 0:26:02 GMT -5 jrmzt said:

isnt there going to be a cold superbowl soon? Giants stadium wasn't it?

I think you are right.

[freshnthehouse]

Since this list is more about adding rules than getting rid of them, I would like to see zone defenses become illegal in the nba again. this thing they have now where they allow quasi-zones but you still can't run a legit zone (defensive 3 seconds call) is too vague. Just bring it back to the way it was.

I know that this will never happen, but I'd love to see the court widened. Even if it was by 3 feet on each side. Today's athletes are so long and so quick that half court offenses get really bogged down. If the court was wider it would make the offensive game so much crisper.

And like eja said, bring back hand checking. Don't let guys clothesline each other like they did in the 90s, but allow a guy to at least make some contact.

[freshnthehouse]

One rule I'd like to see changed is the placement of the offensive tackles in football. It used to be that tackles had to line up nearly as close to the line of scrimmage as the guards do. But sometime in the 70s or 80s they allowed them to line up further back. This made their job much easier and decreased the need to have backs and TEs help with pass blocking. Seeing that most rule changes have made the defenses job tougher in recent years, its about time we do something that makes their job a bit easier.

[DERRENMATTS]

I'd take away the QB sliding rule. Hey look, just because he's a QB, doesn't mean he gets special rules to keep him safe. I mean, he is still just another football player. And if anything, the QB is the most dangerous player on the field because he's the one throwing TD's.

Its like saying on the battlefield, while the tank is bulldozing and blowing up everything, the only thing you can do against it is shoot water at it with a garden hose.

[DERRENMATTS]

In baseball, I'd allow a simple hand gesture from the pitcher to signal the ump that he intends to intentionally walk the batter. No need to throw 4 times to the catcher and waste everyone's time.

[DERRENMATTS]

In basketball, I'd reinforce the rule that an offensive player who is in the air before the defender is there, has the right of way to land.

I hate seeing a player drive to the basket, get up in the air, and while he's in the air, a defender slides to where the offensive player will land, and then draw the charge against him.

Its not like the guy in the air can stop and change directions in midair.

[freshnthehouse]

May 7, 2013 15:50:25 GMT -5 DERRENMATTS said:

In baseball, I'd allow a simple hand gesture from the pitcher to signal the ump that he intends to intentionally walk the batter. No need to throw 4 times to the catcher and waste everyone's time.

This is an interesting idea.

[jrmzt]

May 7, 2013 16:51:00 GMT -5 freshnthehouse said:

May 7, 2013 15:50:25 GMT -5 DERRENMATTS said:

In baseball, I'd allow a simple hand gesture from the pitcher to signal the ump that he intends to intentionally walk the batter. No need to throw 4 times to the catcher and waste everyone's time.

This is an interesting idea.

i agree too.

im sick of baseball players who even when thrown intentional walk pitches, they still take their own sweet time stepping out of the box to readjust their gloves when their bats were not even swung...i mean what in the world is all that adjusting for?

[DERRENMATTS]

Haha, baseball players are such creatures of habit that they can't help it.

[Roadrunner]

I would like to see the NBA eliminate the "in between" when a player shoots his first FT, and second. I actually thought they were.

[freshnthehouse]

I am not sure if I know what the "in between" is.

[Roadrunner]

May 8, 2013 18:26:47 GMT -5 freshnthehouse said:

I am not sure if I know what the "in between" is.

Players "touching" the the FT shooter after the first FT.

[DERRENMATTS]

Oh, you mean like giving high fives and knuckle bimps?