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ST Poll -- what wacky rule change would you make to any major sport?

Posted by znufrii Mar 18 '15, 12:15

In baseball, if you hit a home run, you should get to immediately bat again.

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NFL: Overtime is X minutes. No more of this score first = win crap. - oblique Mar 18, 13:10
Real suggestion. No warm up pitches on a pitching substitution. The pitcher has just been warming up in the bullpen. Why do they need another 10-12 - pmb Mar 18, 13:06
no more rotating in volleyball, let stars shine in their best position like any othere team sport -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the dark galaxy Mar 18, 12:52 1
- I love the game and I think I'd be okay with this. -- nm - Krusty Mar 18, 12:55
NHL uses one of those random-bouncy dog toys in place of the puck. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 18, 12:38
Golf Clock. -- nm - Ultron Mar 18, 12:38 4
- Play golf for time instead of strokes. All players are timed from the opening tee to the final hole. No waiting for the other golfer to hit. - pmb Mar 18, 12:50 2
  - honestly this could be a whole new sport kind of and long distance sprinting and long distance running -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the dark galaxy Mar 18, 13:20
  - And play Yakkety Sax on a loop the entire time -- nm - znufrii Mar 18, 13:04
- Hell yes. -- nm - Loyola Mar 18, 12:39
The closer you are to the end zone the closer to the sideline the ball is spotted to try for a field goal - znufrii Mar 18, 12:36
I have many - rollo Mar 18, 12:36 1
- Alternatively, the dwarf NBA, except don't lower the hoops. -- nm - Loyola Mar 18, 12:43
Random large camouflaged holes in the outfield. Wrong step and the outfield falls in and can't get to the ball. -- nm - pmb Mar 18, 12:34 1
- This is getting very violent. Losing team in the Superbowl are tied to a rocket and fired into space. -- nm - Loyola Mar 18, 12:37
Christino Ronaldo and David Beckham have to make out when either of them scores - Epiphany Mar 18, 12:30 8
- Shirtlessly! -- nm - Diva Mar 18, 12:39
- Oh God do I ever love this idea ... . -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 18, 12:34
- make the cheerleaders make-out next. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 18, 12:32
- This one is gaining traction. -- nm - Loyola Mar 18, 12:31
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  - she really likes fauxhawks -- nm - CQ Mar 18, 12:31 2
    - yes, yes I do.. also my internet is glitchy but it is a good idea! -- nm - Epiphany Mar 18, 12:32 1
      - Two other people are having the same glitch ... So it's not just you :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 18, 12:35
Each sideline during a football game would have a canon that fires beanbags. During field goals they can shoot the ball out of the air (or - pmb Mar 18, 12:29 1
- safeties can throw bolos at the running back or wide receivers -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the dark galaxy Mar 18, 13:26
Marathon runners at the Olympics may be pelted with water balloons by the crowds. -- nm - Loyola Mar 18, 12:28 2
- *major* sport -- nm - znufrii Mar 18, 12:29 1
  - Eff you! -- nm - Pheidippides si Mar 18, 12:43
NBA. On free throws, one opposing player is allowed to throw another basketball from the 3-point range to try and deflect. -- nm - Jovian Mar 18, 12:28
ole English Long bowman firing at the basepaths at a baseball game. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 18, 12:27 6
- you have the best ideas. -- nm - Diva Mar 18, 12:27 5
  - I'm now imagining a catapult set up on the Budweiser deck full of flaming black tar - CQ Mar 18, 12:29 4
    - or at Clay Buccholz when he taking too damn long. again. -- nm - Diva Mar 18, 12:32 3
      - he's brutal. like playing golf with Ben Crane. Nice little 9 hour round -- nm - CQ Mar 18, 12:35
      - that catapult would be full of "sun screen". -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 18, 12:34 1
        
        heh! -- nm - Diva Mar 18, 12:44
In baseball, if someone makes an error, he has to sit on the bench for a half inning so only 8 play the field -- nm - CQ Mar 18, 12:27
4pt shot in basketball for a 28ft shot. We can call it the Kobe until people get good, then it can be the Steph. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 18, 12:25
Runners are out if the ball in play is thrown at them and hits them while they are off base. - howie Mar 18, 12:24
At-speed refueling and driver changes in endurance racing. -- nm - Max Mar 18, 12:24
NASCAR. Half the field drives in the opposite direction. -- nm - Jovian Mar 18, 12:24 2
- That would be similar to another baseball one I thought of - znufrii Mar 18, 12:25
- That's genius. -- nm - Loyola Mar 18, 12:24
Christino Ronaldo and David Beckham have to make out when either of them scores - Epiphany Mar 18, 12:23 2
- Shirtlessly. -- nm - Diva Mar 18, 12:24 1
  - yes! -- nm - Epiphany Mar 18, 12:31
If the ref in any sport makes a bad call, the viewers at home get to vote how long he sits in the mild electrocution chair. -- nm - Loyola Mar 18, 12:22
If field goal kicker panics and doesnt think he can do it. He can pick it up and throw it through the uprights for 2 points. - Jovian Mar 18, 12:22 2
- but he has to scream like a girl the whole time. -- nm - Diva Mar 18, 12:23 1
  - yes exactly. While having his one free arm flailing about over his head. -- nm - Jovian Mar 18, 12:25
Players who dive in soccer are given automatic game suspensions. -- nm - Walt_Disney Mar 18, 12:21 1
- how abuot that guy who pretended to be unconscious for a real long time? that was cray. -- nm - Diva Mar 18, 12:22
Football - you must play the full 60 minutes and not be walking off the field at 59 minutes and 35 seconds. -- nm - Walt_Disney Mar 18, 12:20
The clock in soccer should count down instead of up. -- nm - CQ Mar 18, 12:19 4
- In general, clocks counting down fill me with dread. -- nm - Loyola Mar 18, 12:20 3
  - You do realize I'm completely effin joking, right? -- nm - CQ Mar 18, 12:25 2
    - I do. You don't realise I am too :) -- nm - Loyola Mar 18, 12:27 1
      - It just took me back to the World Cup talk, heh -- nm - CQ Mar 18, 12:28
NASCAR would have to use a Le Mans-style start. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 18, 12:19 1
- boo! -- nm - spamlet Mar 18, 12:25
Doing a stupid dance at any point that isn't directly becuase you scored a touchdown is an automatic ejection. - Will Hunting Mar 18, 12:18 2
- in their defense I have been known to bust a move in front of the copy machine. -- nm - Diva Mar 18, 12:25
- I said wacky, not sensible. -- nm - znufrii Mar 18, 12:18
Blurnsball! -- nm - amoxy Mar 18, 12:18 1
- Calvinball!!! -- nm - Krusty Mar 18, 12:19
The same players who play offense in NFL, should play defense. 5 substitutions per game. -- nm - Loyola Mar 18, 12:17
Would the run around the bases after the third straight homer be the Turkey Trot? -- nm - Ender (3 Days till Puerto Rico) Mar 18, 12:16 1
- Why not? -- nm - znufrii Mar 18, 12:44
Baseball games should be 6 innings. -- nm - Ultron Mar 18, 12:16 1
- They already are - znufrii Mar 18, 12:17

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