5 rule changes to better each sport

pp2

I actually like 3, just modified a bit. You get 2 challenges to start with, but only lose them if you challenge unsuccessfully. This is still affected by how many timeouts you have remaining.

I'll have to disagree with #2. Two feet in is what separates the professionals from the amateurs, and being able to shove a player out to prevent a reception is just cheap defense. Its why they allow the catch now if it happens.

I'm all aboard with 4 and 5, not entirely sure how I feel about 1. Its the whole concept of sudden death that I like about OT. I'm still not sure I like the college implementation of OT (though I'm glad they finally have OT) and think if they went to a similar system it wouldn't work.

Blitzkrieg

Administrator

I know baseball is long and I often get tired of it around mid-season, but that's usually because the Braves have their division wrapped up by that point.


But with Hockey, it's a much more physical sport..I'd like to see a hard fought season of around 50 games and then, hopefully more people could be healthy for the lengthy playoff system..

I love the hockey playoffs though..I'm not gonna act like I watch a whole lot of the regular season, but when the playoffs come on I watch a ton of it..

Onto baseball, One thing I'd like to see is a pitch clock...(You've all heard of the shot clock in the NBA) I think a pitcher should be given a certain number of seconds to deliver the ball to the plate or it's a deemed a ball.

The only thing is that it would make it a little easier for someone to steal a base, but who cares? ...when all these steriod polices kick in, baseball is going to be looking for a way to produce more runs anyhow.

Dr. Giganto

Thats why you cant do any more once you lose one...then coaches would really only use them when they had to

Dr. Giganto

pp2, i dont like the college rules either...I just feel like if the team that wins the flip scores, the other team should get a chance to respond. but ONLY for the first possession. After that, it's regular sudden death

It wouldnt be THAT much different from the current rules.

pp2

I dunno. I mean, if a game goes to OT tied at 17...who's to say you aren't able to stop the team winning the toss from scoring? They've been stopped a good part of the day already. Plus the sudden-death aspect amps up the drama.

I'm not saying your idea is bad, I'm just saying I like it how it is.

Blitzkrieg

Administrator

I see way too many games decided by the coin toss...It wouldn't be such a big deal but it seems like every time the team that gets the toss ends up coming down the field and winning the game...Yeah, they could stop them, but I don't think they should have to. I think they deserve the right to match the score...and it's not like they are really doing anything to create the posession...They won a coin toss!!..you know?

I don't want to get crazy with it but a team should at least get the ball once...In baseball, each team gets to hit in the 10th inning ..

pp2

I'm gonna try to find the stats on how often the team that wins the OT coin toss wins the game. For some reason I don't think its as high as one would believe. Let me hunt around.