OT: Things in sports that need to disappear
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Huh. Nobody cares about the crap music being played especially with a great band RU has these past few years!
Many don't even in the nl. Relievers can go years without an ab. Ironic that they complain about the dh but not the ph.
OMG so true - a guy jumps 2 feet to catch a ball and TV guys gush over it like it was witnessing moon landing
In game coach interviews are the most pointless thing in sports
Starting Weso Coast games with East Coast teams on the weekend late at night. Stupid to have a Saturday night game like the Mets at SD starting at 10:30est. And start the Friday night game at 9:30est.
Underrated comment. If you miss a shot, it shouldn’t come down to a 50/50 luck of the draw situation.
Might actually slow down the game more. If I'm on D I'll just try to steal the ball more aggressively and if I foul no big deal. You could literally foul every two seconds.
- Chip in the football to measure first downs or TDs (I'd like to say that i would want that, even if I wasn't a Bills fan)
- The ghost runner on 2nd base in extra innings. Play the game it was designed to be played; maybe put a runner on first starting in the 12th if you had to
- Sports gambling commercials. They must make up a third of commercials and prey on people who are poor or have an addictive personality.
- NIL (the way it has played out). The intent of it was good, and the other extreme wasn't fair. Major changes need to be made to curb the ridiculousness that we're seeing.
- The ghost runner on 2nd base in extra innings. Play the game it was designed to be played; maybe put a runner on first starting in the 12th if you had to
- Sports gambling commercials. They must make up a third of commercials and prey on people who are poor or have an addictive personality.
- NIL (the way it has played out). The intent of it was good, and the other extreme wasn't fair. Major changes need to be made to curb the ridiculousness that we're seeing.
The US banned TV advertisements for cigarettes and should also do it for sports gambling. If you smoke you're ruining your own life while sports gambling addiction has a wider ruinous effect.
But then we'd never hear anyone say "We have to get off the field on 3rd down."
The offside rule in soccer once the ball is past the top of the penalty box area.
3 hour pre game shows that tell u little
Two minute warning in college football
Stupid kickoff formation in NFL
Purists can't talk about 162 game season. At one point, it was 154 games so it has been changed.
Related to targeting - I don't like the stat for "QB hits" because it encourages late and sloppy hits. I constantly see guys hitting QBs when they know ball is out. Defenders often finish their waning rushes with a launch of some kind. QB hits is a dumb stat all leagues should drop
NFL finally replacing antiquated chain gang to measure first downs
The league would use the tech as their primary way to determine if the ball had crossed the first-down line.
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I think the team vs individual dynamic I’d important here. Trying to help your team beat the other team? Good. Trying to screw over one athlete in an individual event? Bad.
Agreed. While I support having the freedom to gamble if one chooses to, there is more of a social detriment to those commercials than meets the eye. It's bad enough to have to listen to the reads of the ads, maybe it's possible to limit the scope of how often this is in your face.
1) The 17 game NFL season.
2) 5 minute referee huddles for false starts.
3) Letting some OTs line up offsides.
4) Discussions of point spreads and gambling odds in place of actual analysis of games.
5) Loudmouthed hot take sports show bullshit.
2) 5 minute referee huddles for false starts.
3) Letting some OTs line up offsides.
4) Discussions of point spreads and gambling odds in place of actual analysis of games.
5) Loudmouthed hot take sports show bullshit.
Yes! This one is crazy to me. I'm shocked that the spot doesn't get argued, reviewed, automated more than it does (unless it does and I'm just not paying attention). In a "game of inches" they just leave the actual placement of the ball up to the ref's judgement without much question?
They did this back in the day for a Devils game when they were on SportsChannel. The main game was on SportsChannel and an alt telecast with no play by play, and more mics close to the ice was on SportsChannel Plus. They even had a disclaimer saying that occasionally inappropriate language might be heard. I was probably 11 or 12 at the time and it was the coolest. I only saw it the one time so it didn't stick, but man was it a cool way to watch the game.
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