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Jack Ryan

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you gotta be KIDDING. The college football overtime is HORRIBLE. If you want to give each team a fair shot, make them earn it by starting each drive at the 20 and drive 80 yards to a touchdown, not going in, that is pure hag.

Home team at world series goes to team with best record, not the gay alternating or even worse all-star game.
 

Mo0o

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Originally posted by: Drakkon
All women?s sports have mandatory topless play.
Even women's sumo? come on now...there have to be some limits :p

I didn't even know they had women's sumo. You have.. special tastes I see...
 

Tremulant

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Originally posted by: nan0bug
Golf would never be televised again
Baseball would not only be made full contact, but every time a batter hits a homerun, instead of running around the bases, he would run up and kick the pitcher in the balls.
Football can be left alone
Soccer riots would be mandatory
Hockey is fine
Full contact basketball
Nascar would have no restrictor plates, ever.

Used to play that in middle and high school.
 

anxi80

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Originally posted by: ThePresence
Put instant replay into baseball.
not a bad idea. challenge a called strike or call at the plate. would really minimize the number of ejections.
 

kevman

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id change the height of regulation NBA rim to 11', take that high school man giants!
 
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Originally posted by: toekramp
Originally posted by: minendo
congress on Nascar tracks.

WTFLOL!

I'd say only road races for NASCAR. That's a bit more interesting. Pretty hilarious to see those dinosaurs slide around the track.

One oval race in F1 would be awesome, prefferably a super speedway. I always wondered how that would be.
:D
 

Mo0o

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Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
Originally posted by: toekramp
Originally posted by: minendo
congress on Nascar tracks.

WTFLOL!

I'd say only road races for NASCAR. That's a bit more interesting. Pretty hilarious to see those dinosaurs slide around the track.

One oval race in F1 would be awesome, prefferably a super speedway. I always wondered how that would be.
:D

Ferrari would rape everyone. With an oval track it ends up being alot about the car and not the driver and there are less mistakes.
 

Tremulant

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Originally posted by: anxi80
Originally posted by: ThePresence
Put instant replay into baseball.
not a bad idea. challenge a called strike or call at the plate. would really minimize the number of ejections.

If that were to happen, I don't think it'd be used for pitches. Maybe for those close plays at the bags, but for pitches I think it'd be excessive. Even though some pitches are called completely wrong.
 
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Originally posted by: Mo0o
Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
Originally posted by: toekramp
Originally posted by: minendo
congress on Nascar tracks.

WTFLOL!

I'd say only road races for NASCAR. That's a bit more interesting. Pretty hilarious to see those dinosaurs slide around the track.

One oval race in F1 would be awesome, prefferably a super speedway. I always wondered how that would be.
:D

Ferrari would rape everyone. With an oval track it ends up being alot about the car and not the driver and there are less mistakes.

I'm not to sure about that. It would be fun to watch.
 

raystorm

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One thing I hate about the NBA and NHL (not sure about football) is that so many teams make the playoffs. Jeez.. practically half the NBA goes to the playoffs it seems. Reduce the amount of teams that make the playoffs. Only GOOD teams should make the playoffs.

For baseball I say reduce the season to 150 games and extend the division series to 7 games instead of 5. Enforce time limits when it comes to batters getting off the batters box between pitches and how long it takes a pitcher to throw. Meaning make the game faster. 5 seconds max between pitches. The game would go tons faster.

I like the Tennis suggestion about scoring. Also I think men's tennis matches take WAY too long. I think I remember a 4 hour match once. Thats insane.

Make Football action more constant.. there are WAY too many stops and starts in a NFL game. I dig australian rules football..always moving.






 

anxi80

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Originally posted by: Tremulant
Originally posted by: anxi80
Originally posted by: ThePresence
Put instant replay into baseball.
not a bad idea. challenge a called strike or call at the plate. would really minimize the number of ejections.
If that were to happen, I don't think it'd be used for pitches. Maybe for those close plays at the bags, but for pitches I think it'd be excessive. Even though some pitches are called completely wrong.
if you're a manager and the original call stands after the challenge, you are charged an out. since baseball is such a stragety game, that would make a manager really think twice before using it. but if would be nice to have just in case.

as a matter of fact, the more i think about it, this rule would potentially be a mess. what if 2 people score, but the first guy's slide is contested, what happens to that second runner if the call is overturned to an out? does he go to 3rd?
 

toekramp

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Originally posted by: anxi80
Originally posted by: Tremulant
Originally posted by: anxi80
Originally posted by: ThePresence
Put instant replay into baseball.
not a bad idea. challenge a called strike or call at the plate. would really minimize the number of ejections.
If that were to happen, I don't think it'd be used for pitches. Maybe for those close plays at the bags, but for pitches I think it'd be excessive. Even though some pitches are called completely wrong.
if you're a manager and the original call stands after the challenge, you are charged an out. since baseball is such a stragety game, that would make a manager really think twice before using it. but if would be nice to have just in case.

as a matter of fact, the more i think about it, this rule would potentially be a mess. what if 2 people score, but the first guy's slide is contested, what happens to that second runner if the call is overturned to an out? does he go to 3rd?


ya F the baseball replay :p
 

CVSiN

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Jul 19, 2004
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Instant reply being used for college football instead of just the pros...
alot of fvcked up calls could be overturned with instant replay beign legal and disputable...
 

toekramp

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Originally posted by: CVSiN
Instant reply being used for college football instead of just the pros...
alot of fvcked up calls could be overturned with instant replay beign legal and disputable...


Big 10 what?
 

ThePresence

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Nov 19, 2001
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Originally posted by: anxi80
Originally posted by: Tremulant
Originally posted by: anxi80
Originally posted by: ThePresence
Put instant replay into baseball.
not a bad idea. challenge a called strike or call at the plate. would really minimize the number of ejections.
If that were to happen, I don't think it'd be used for pitches. Maybe for those close plays at the bags, but for pitches I think it'd be excessive. Even though some pitches are called completely wrong.
if you're a manager and the original call stands after the challenge, you are charged an out. since baseball is such a stragety game, that would make a manager really think twice before using it. but if would be nice to have just in case.

as a matter of fact, the more i think about it, this rule would potentially be a mess. what if 2 people score, but the first guy's slide is contested, what happens to that second runner if the call is overturned to an out? does he go to 3rd?

Huh? Let me try to understand the situation: Catcher has the ball, first runner slides in and knocks the ball loose, and the 2nd guy scores, right? How is the 2nd guy scoring contested at all unless there were already 2 outs? If the first guy is out the 2nd guy still scores. If there were 2 outs he doesn't score, what is so messed up?
 

DannyLove

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Although I hate it when I watch football and see a red flag from a coach asking for a CHALLENGE. I sort of like the idea if it was implemented in Baseball. There are some calls that are so damn obvious that it must be challenged just because of the sheer stupidity by the ump's

danny~!
 

DrPizza

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All athletes would be tested for steroid use and booted from the game if guilty.

Southpark's Jimmy summed it up well:
Taking steroids is just like pretending to be handicapped at the Special Olympics. [a shot of a chastened Cartman before the baseball players] Because you're taking all the fairness out of the game. But I know now that even if you do win on steroids, you're really not a winner. You're just a p-pussy. You're just a [shot of Mark McGuire] big fat p-p...p...pussy, and if you take steroids, the only decent thing to do is come forward and say, [shot of Barry Bonds] "Remove me from the record books, because I am a big, stinky p-pussy-" [shot of Jason Giambi] "-steroid-taking jackass." [Giambi nods ever so subtly] That's how I feel about myself, and why I must decline this medal and my place in the history books. And if you'll let me, I'll be back next year. To compete with honor. [applause rises from the stands, followed by cheers.