OT: Things in sports that need to disappear

[dconifer]

How does an initial football 1st down spotted? Does the chain gang measure the initial spot? I have never seen the initial spot measured by the chain gang.

My point being, if the initial 1st down spot is not measured then doesn't that make the final measurement bogus?

Ha ha, was once involved in a brutal argument about this. The chain measurement is nothing but theater. As you said, some dude is just running out out the field and guessing where the first marker goes. Then they stretch the chain out, as if God himself placed that first marker. I almost got punched in the face at the end when I said "whatever they're doing to place the first marker after running out on the field, they could just do the same with the second one near the ball."

So glad to hear somebody else say it.

Anthony, we're good, right?

 

[dconifer]

Batters holding their hand up and being granted a timeout by the umpire as often as they want. I always wish the umpire would ignore the hand. I see eight year-old kids doing this now...

 

[mikebal9]

Ha ha, was once involved in a brutal argument about this. The chain measurement is nothing but theater. As you said, some dude is just running out out the field and guessing where the first marker goes. Then they stretch the chain out, as if God himself placed that first marker. I almost got punched in the face at the end when I said "whatever they're doing to place the first marker after running out on the field, they could just do the same with the second one near the ball."

So glad to hear somebody else say it.

Anthony, we're good, right?

They're not measuring from the first marker when they run on the field. There's a guy in the middle tgat sets the chain. So if first down was on the 38 and you need to get to the 48, they put a marker along the chain that corresponds exactly to the 40. That guy sets the chains when they run out on the field.

 

[LETSGORU91]

Women volleyball players wearing pants when others aren’t. I’m not looking at it the way you think I am. I just think it looks totally dumb. You can’t wear a different uniform than your teammates in any other sport.

Pants? Are you watching Muslim, women's volleyball?

 

[LETSGORU91]

1. The unbelievable level of greed in pro and college sports.
2. NIL
3. Talk show and game announcers who think they have to yell to get their points across.

 

[Kbee3]

People who watch sports yet complain about just about everything sports related

People who complain about people who watch sports yet complain about everything sports related.

 

[yessir321]

I actually do that, even when I'm playing a match with my buddies (we all do it).

Also golf TV announcers saying "He's got a 3 metal wood in his hands." Stop it. Just call it a 3 wood. Yeah, we know its not wood, but its also probably not metal either.

My god you just hit me in a pure agreement sister! Lol

When I hear Brandel Chamblee call it a ‘3 metal’ I feel a fire inside normally reserved for people who refer to their husbands/wives as ‘Hubby’ or ‘Wifey’ and those that refer to a great meal as ‘Delish’…. I wanna kill those people

 

[RU to the Core]

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

I like this offsides rule. I think of ways to make soccer more exciting and create more goals. That’s a good idea. I also thought of designated players that cant cross midfield which creates hockey style power plays on offense constantly.

Futsal doesn’t have offsides which is like indoor soccer and that creates tons of goals.

 

[Rufaninga]

Baseball - umpires calling balls & strikes

Instant replay challenge restrictions - if the call is wrong or missed & I want to riske a TO over it I should be able to.

Timeouts just for TV commercials - superimpose your logo on the turf/court & keep game pace moving.

 

[mikebal9]

I like this offsides rule. I think of ways to make soccer more exciting and create more goals. That’s a good idea. I also thought of designated players that cant cross midfield which creates hockey style power plays on offense constantly.

Futsal doesn’t have offsides which is like indoor soccer and that creates tons of goals.

The world doesn't need goals like America does. They want a low scoring chess match. The beautiful game.

 

[NY AGENTMAN]

The world doesn't need goals like America does. They want a low scoring chess match. The beautiful game.

Not that beautiful

 

[newell138]

Announcers saying “he’s so athletic”. Isn’t everyone athletic if they are playing a pro sport?

 

[ru109]

Ghost runners in extra innings. Play the game straight up

Penalty kicks in soccer at the end of games. Either end in a tie or continue playing the game straight up.

Penalty kicks in soccer during the game. The guy getting fouled should have to take it.

reviews in sports. The teams are getting an extra time out. The players should have to stay at midcourt or middle of the field and the coaches should have to stay on the sidelines.

I'm sure there are more but these are enough for now.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

How about a halftime studio crew worrying if a highlight of Michigan State will upset the "wolverine audience" ignoring at Rutgers fans watching the broadcast?

Broadcast crews tied to specific power teams in a conference so every broadcast sounds like a homer crew for one of the teams?

Officials worried about "being shown up," which would enable them to directly affect games while punishing free speech. F' you... you are not special. Your feelings need not be protected. Just replace those powers with the power to punish direct threats and actions.

 

[hrdcorhays]

- Fans at golf tournaments yelling "GET IN THE HOLE", "MASHED POTATOS", "BABBABOOEY" etc after a shot. That stopped being humorous 15 years ago.

- Stoppage time in soccer. Seriously... every other timed sport has figured out how to start and stop the game clock without it being a hidden secret known only to the refs

- The need for every MLB pitcher to throw 100 mph. Its a shame that if Greg Maddux was a senior in HS or college, he wouldn't have a single scout watching him.

- Anticipated fouls in basketball. Simple concept for refs... wait until you actually see contact before blowing the whistle.

- "Load management" in the NBA.

- In game interviews with coaches. Nothing of value comes out of them.

What else?

There needs to be consequences for tanking and not rewards of a higher draft pick. This is going to lead to the downfall of American team sports in my opinion. Relegation is the only solution that really works but is a non-starter in the US.

 

[Kbee3]

Not that beautiful

Who doesn't love watching a good chess match ?

 

[mikebal9]

Not that beautiful

I don't agree. Much like watching a baseball game, you have to understand what's going on. I find it very beautiful.

 

[RUbacker]

Ghost runners in extra innings. Play the game straight up

Penalty kicks in soccer at the end of games. Either end in a tie or continue playing the game straight up.

Penalty kicks in soccer during the game. The guy getting fouled should have to take it.

reviews in sports. The teams are getting an extra time out. The players should have to stay at midcourt or middle of the field and the coaches should have to stay on the sidelines.

I'm sure there are more but these are enough for now.

Actually a game ending in a tie is horrible and should be banned

 

[RUbacker]

How about a halftime studio crew worrying if a highlight of Michigan State will upset the "wolverine audience" ignoring at Rutgers fans watching the broadcast?

Broadcast crews tied to specific power teams in a conference so every broadcast sounds like a homer crew for one of the teams?

Officials worried about "being shown up," which would enable them to directly affect games while punishing free speech. F' you... you are not special. Your feelings need not be protected. Just replace those powers with the power to punish direct threats and actions.

End the favoritism toward the blue bloods in every sport where it’s harder for the Rutger’s of the world to come out on the winning side

 

[Purple-Ed]

How about a halftime studio crew worrying if a highlight of Michigan State will upset the "wolverine audience" ignoring at Rutgers fans watching the broadcast?

Broadcast crews tied to specific power teams in a conference so every broadcast sounds like a homer crew for one of the teams?

Officials worried about "being shown up," which would enable them to directly affect games while punishing free speech. F' you... you are not special. Your feelings need not be protected. Just replace those powers with the power to punish direct threats and actions.

Your always the victim schtick is tiresome.

 

[yessir321]

There needs to be consequences for tanking and not rewards of a higher draft pick. This is going to lead to the downfall of American team sports in my opinion. Relegation is the only solution that really works but is a non-starter in the US.

MLB has done this with their draft to a certain extent.

The current orioles are really the last franchise who effectively pulled off a ‘Tank for top picks’ as now there’s both a lotto and other rules impacting draft selections.

Really the NFL is the only major league left that doesn’t use at least a draft lottery and I would agree they should

 

[Kbee3]

Your always the victim schtick is tiresome.

You tire so easily.

 

[lakejj]

- Fans at golf tournaments yelling "GET IN THE HOLE", "MASHED POTATOS", "BABBABOOEY" etc after a shot. That stopped being humorous 15 years ago.

- Stoppage time in soccer. Seriously... every other timed sport has figured out how to start and stop the game clock without it being a hidden secret known only to the refs

- The need for every MLB pitcher to throw 100 mph. Its a shame that if Greg Maddux was a senior in HS or college, he wouldn't have a single scout watching him.

- Anticipated fouls in basketball. Simple concept for refs... wait until you actually see contact before blowing the whistle.

- "Load management" in the NBA.

- In game interviews with coaches. Nothing of value comes out of them.

What else?

LOL at RUBubba saying "BABBABOOEY" almost BubbaBooey lol

 

[bac2therac]

Bracketology before February

 

[Mr_Twister]

+100000000000000000000000000000000000

Turned on a game the other night and watched a guy take a three on a 4 on 1 fast break

At least he has lots of help to retrieve an errant shot.

 

[Unionst]

How am I the first person on this thread to mention the OFFICIALS/REFEREE’S?!

Officiating has gotten SO BAD lately that Roger Goodell had to publically address rumors that the officials were assisting the chiefs leading up to the Super Bowl. This coming from the same league that still allows Bill Vinovich to be an official when he and his crew single-handedly cost the New Orleans Saints a trip to the Super Bowl.

We need Robot umps in MLB (we can’t allow another Angel Hernandez to happen) and robot umps in AAA worked WONDERFULLY last year! Also make EVERYTHING reviewable. Real time reviews, get the call right a move on. The refs are INCOMPETENT these days though and are easily the #1 thing I hear complaints about in any sport

I sat right behind the plate 2nd row at a spring training game this week and there were 3 robo appeals. Ump was right 2 of 3. I thought the guy called a great game.

 

[Unionst]

Batters holding their hand up and being granted a timeout by the umpire as often as they want. I always wish the umpire would ignore the hand. I see eight year-old kids doing this now...

That was actually done away with 2 years ago. One timeout per AB is the rule.

 

[mikebal9]

Bracketology before February

Preseason rankings, preseason all-star teams, or any ranking at all until at least 50% of the season has been played.

 

[Joey Bags]

Sports betting. Ads are on ****ing pandora childrens stations now. Its really messing up the 21-40 year old demographic of guys. I have two close friends who now have a gambling problem and 3 others getting close to it. 5 guys who had absolutely no vices prior to online sports betting.

 

[newwavedave1]

Preseason rankings, preseason all-star teams, or any ranking at all until at least 50% of the season has been played.

Agree 100%.

 

[DJ Spanky]

Preseason rankings, preseason all-star teams, or any ranking at all until at least 50% of the season has been played.

WHAT???? Phil Steele just came out with his 6 month preseason ranking for next fall!

The AP Top Ten for 2025, Six Months in Advance.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Your always the victim schtick is tiresome.

so is you following my posts around to reply like this. Not once did you bother to show me how my opinion on specific calls / nocalls mentioned was wrong. You just respond with this nonsense about how it makes you a better person than me because you don't complain about bad treatment by officials.

I applaud your willingness to be the victim and not complain and choose not to see the problem. if only countless hall of fame coaches agreed with you and never complained about officiating.

You manufacture this strawman of me to suggest I have a deep personality flaw where I am always the victim in order to suggest there is no unfair treatment by officials as cited by me. That is a pathetically weak argument.

 

[RU to the Core]

I don't agree. Much like watching a baseball game, you have to understand what's going on. I find it very beautiful.

Agree until a team parks the bus or the plane in the defensive end to grind out the game. That is not beautiful. Lots of teams do that. I like the total football style or the modern tiki taka take on it. I also like goals though.

 

[mikebal9]

Agree until a team parks the bus or the plane in the defensive end to grind out the game. That is not beautiful. Lots of teams do that. I like the total football style or the modern tiki taka take on it. I also like goals though.

I agree with all of this.

 

[willisneverrana43]

- Fans at golf tournaments yelling "GET IN THE HOLE", "MASHED POTATOS", "BABBABOOEY" etc after a shot. That stopped being humorous 15 years ago.

- Stoppage time in soccer. Seriously... every other timed sport has figured out how to start and stop the game clock without it being a hidden secret known only to the refs

- The need for every MLB pitcher to throw 100 mph. Its a shame that if Greg Maddux was a senior in HS or college, he wouldn't have a single scout watching him.

- Anticipated fouls in basketball. Simple concept for refs... wait until you actually see contact before blowing the whistle.

- "Load management" in the NBA.

- In game interviews with coaches. Nothing of value comes out of them.

What else?

I'm not sure any of these things are either real or need to be stopped.

I don't like pregame football stuff, guy sitting around a desk yelling and saying things like, "when you talk about [insert guy or team], you talk about [insert whatever they wanted to blab about]. So I don't watch it. Ever. Or the postgame stuff. But it doesn't need to be stopped.

 

[SkilletHead2]

The manager in MLB wearing a uniform.

I always wondered — why do the fans/spectators have to be quiet when players are preparing to serve in tennis or hit a golf shot, but can yell and scream when someone shooting a free throw or there’s two strikes on a batter? Don’t the athletes in all the scenarios need to concentrate?

Wait a minute! Stump Merrill in a baseball uniform was one of the funniest things in sport.

 

[ivan brunetti]

Except for the NC final, bowl locations for playoff games need to go. Higher seed should have home field advantage until the final. Final can rotate between the Rose, Sugar & Orange if they want to toss a bone to the bowls.

 

[ivan brunetti]

Also, I know the purists will hate this, but soccer needs to tweak their rules to get more shots on goal happening. That is the most exciting part of the game, and soccer has a half dozen rules to keep the shots down. The shots a goalie faces per game should be more like hockey. Dump some of those prissy rules.

 

[hrdcorhays]

MLB has done this with their draft to a certain extent.

The current orioles are really the last franchise who effectively pulled off a ‘Tank for top picks’ as now there’s both a lotto and other rules impacting draft selections.

Really the NFL is the only major league left that doesn’t use at least a draft lottery and I would agree they should

Draft lottery doesn't deter tanking at all. The NBA is a prime example of this. I get it because one player can make a franchise, but if being the worst team in the league threatened you'd be sent to the minor leagues, that would make things way more competitive all season long.

 

[scarletnewyorker2006]

The NCAA