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Post by jasmine on Nov 13, 2023 5:06:37 GMT
Do you have any suggestions for changes in certain sports to make the game more entertaining or exciting?
This is what I would do:
SOCCER: Expand the goal net so it stretches across the entire width of the field. Then, instead of only having one goalkeeper, each team can have seven goalkeepers guarding the net.
BASEBALL: When a base runner is running, if a defensive player hits the runner with the ball, that is an out.
BASKETBALL: When a player commits a technical foul, he has to sit on the bench for 90 seconds with no substitutions. In other words, it would be four on five for the next 90 seconds. (This would be in lieu of free throws.)
MMA: Institute a tag team division, where you can tag a partner in or out.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2023 22:36:27 GMT
Do you have any suggestions for changes in certain sports to make the game more entertaining or exciting? This is what I would do: SOCCER: Expand the goal net so it stretches across the entire width of the field. Then, instead of only having one goalkeeper, each team can have seven goalkeepers guarding the net. BASEBALL: When a base runner is running, if a defensive player hits the runner with the ball, that is an out. BASKETBALL: When a player commits a technical foul, he has to sit on the bench for 90 seconds with no substitutions. In other words, it would be four on five for the next 90 seconds. (This would be in lieu of free throws.) MMA: Institute a tag team division, where you can tag a partner in or out. Baseball I would reduce to 4 games a week. Basically Thur-Sun with maybe a Mon or Wed night game. Who has time to track 150 games a year per team? This would also give teams a chance to compete with fewer pitchers. NFL I would do like they did in the XFL and have a ball official. The only job of the ball official is to spot the ballnsonthe play clock can start. It really speeds up the game. |
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Post by Mercy for All on Nov 15, 2023 2:29:41 GMT
BASEBALL: When a base runner is running, if a defensive player hits the runner with the ball, that is an out. When I was really young, I thought this was way it was played at the professional level. They are pros, after all. Maybe it's because I grew up in Canada...hockey, and all. Seriously, though, I would reduce the season back to 150 games to allow for the increased playoff schedule. Seems ridiculous to be playing playoff games in November. |
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Post by jasmine on Nov 15, 2023 2:37:35 GMT
BASEBALL: When a base runner is running, if a defensive player hits the runner with the ball, that is an out. When I was really young, I thought this was way it was played at the professional level. They are pros, after all. Maybe it's because I grew up in Canada...hockey, and all. Seriously, though, I would reduce the season back to 150 games to allow for the increased playoff schedule. Seems ridiculous to be playing playoff games in November. But hasn’t baseball season always been 162 games? How would that affect possible records (home runs, hits, etc.)? |
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Post by CadesCove on Nov 15, 2023 2:52:18 GMT
When I was really young, I thought this was way it was played at the professional level. They are pros, after all. Maybe it's because I grew up in Canada...hockey, and all. Seriously, though, I would reduce the season back to 150 games to allow for the increased playoff schedule. Seems ridiculous to be playing playoff games in November. But hasn’t baseball season always been 162 games? How would that affect possible records (home runs, hits, etc.)? Nope, that's why Roger Maris carried an asterisk on his home run record all those years. Maris's home run record was controversial, as the previous single-season home run record (60, set by Babe Ruth in 1927) was set during a period when MLB teams played 154 games per season. Before Maris broke Ruth's record, the AL baseball season had been extended to 162 games. Maris hit his 61st home run in the last game of the season, which led to questions about the legitimacy of his record.[2] Maris' major league record remained unbroken until Mark McGwire broke it in 1998; his AL record stood until 2022, when Aaron Judge hit 62 home runs in a single season for the New York Yankees. |
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Post by jasmine on Nov 15, 2023 3:07:57 GMT
But hasn’t baseball season always been 162 games? How would that affect possible records (home runs, hits, etc.)? Nope, that's why Roger Maris carried an asterisk on his home run record all those years. Maris's home run record was controversial, as the previous single-season home run record (60, set by Babe Ruth in 1927) was set during a period when MLB teams played 154 games per season. Before Maris broke Ruth's record, the AL baseball season had been extended to 162 games. Maris hit his 61st home run in the last game of the season, which led to questions about the legitimacy of his record.[2] Maris' major league record remained unbroken until Mark McGwire broke it in 1998; his AL record stood until 2022, when Aaron Judge hit 62 home runs in a single season for the New York Yankees. Thank you for that interesting fact! I guess season schedules do change from time to time. Like the NFL used to be 16 games, now it’s 17. |
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Post by Mercy for All on Nov 15, 2023 3:11:51 GMT
When I was really young, I thought this was way it was played at the professional level. They are pros, after all. Maybe it's because I grew up in Canada...hockey, and all. Seriously, though, I would reduce the season back to 150 games to allow for the increased playoff schedule. Seems ridiculous to be playing playoff games in November. But hasn’t baseball season always been 162 games? How would that affect possible records (home runs, hits, etc.)? Babe Ruth set his home run record in a 150-game season. So yeah, stuff would be affected, but it already has been. |
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Post by Mercy for All on Nov 15, 2023 3:16:57 GMT
But hasn’t baseball season always been 162 games? How would that affect possible records (home runs, hits, etc.)? Nope, that's why Roger Maris carried an asterisk on his home run record all those years. Maris's home run record was controversial, as the previous single-season home run record (60, set by Babe Ruth in 1927) was set during a period when MLB teams played 154 games per season. Before Maris broke Ruth's record, the AL baseball season had been extended to 162 games. Maris hit his 61st home run in the last game of the season, which led to questions about the legitimacy of his record.[2] Maris' major league record remained unbroken until Mark McGwire broke it in 1998; his AL record stood until 2022, when Aaron Judge hit 62 home runs in a single season for the New York Yankees. Oh, there you go. I said 150 games, but it was 154. I think they could afford to go all the way down to 150, since playoffs have gone from two best of seven series to...what, four series now (with some teams getting a by). So instead of 8 games minimum, 14 games maximum, it's not 11 games minimum (for a team with a by) and 22 games maximum (if every playoff series goes to the maximum number of games)! |
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Post by CadesCove on Nov 15, 2023 3:22:39 GMT
Nope, that's why Roger Maris carried an asterisk on his home run record all those years. Maris's home run record was controversial, as the previous single-season home run record (60, set by Babe Ruth in 1927) was set during a period when MLB teams played 154 games per season. Before Maris broke Ruth's record, the AL baseball season had been extended to 162 games. Maris hit his 61st home run in the last game of the season, which led to questions about the legitimacy of his record.[2] Maris' major league record remained unbroken until Mark McGwire broke it in 1998; his AL record stood until 2022, when Aaron Judge hit 62 home runs in a single season for the New York Yankees. Thank you for that interesting fact! I guess season schedules do change from time to time. Like the NFL used to be 16 games, now it’s 17. Before the NFL was 16 it was 14 and before that 12. $$$ grab. |
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Post by CadesCove on Nov 15, 2023 3:27:16 GMT
Nope, that's why Roger Maris carried an asterisk on his home run record all those years. Maris's home run record was controversial, as the previous single-season home run record (60, set by Babe Ruth in 1927) was set during a period when MLB teams played 154 games per season. Before Maris broke Ruth's record, the AL baseball season had been extended to 162 games. Maris hit his 61st home run in the last game of the season, which led to questions about the legitimacy of his record.[2] Maris' major league record remained unbroken until Mark McGwire broke it in 1998; his AL record stood until 2022, when Aaron Judge hit 62 home runs in a single season for the New York Yankees. Oh, there you go. I said 150 games, but it was 154. I think they could afford to go all the way down to 150, since playoffs have gone from two best of seven series to...what, four series now (with some teams getting a by). So instead of 8 games minimum, 14 games maximum, it's not 11 games minimum (for a team with a by) and 22 games maximum (if every playoff series goes to the maximum number of games)! Used to be just the World Series best of seven (and best of nine way back when), then the league championship was best three out of five before going to seven , then the wild card was a one game before the divisional series. |
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Post by DaveJavu on Nov 15, 2023 10:50:59 GMT
No offense but baseball is a dead sport, you get like fifteen minutes of action in four hours...
I don't see how anyone can watch that a whole afternoon without getting bored to death.
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Post by Mercy for All on Nov 15, 2023 12:47:43 GMT
Oh, there you go. I said 150 games, but it was 154. I think they could afford to go all the way down to 150, since playoffs have gone from two best of seven series to...what, four series now (with some teams getting a by). So instead of 8 games minimum, 14 games maximum, it's not 11 games minimum (for a team with a by) and 22 games maximum (if every playoff series goes to the maximum number of games)! Used to be just the World Series best of seven (and best of nine way back when), then the league championship was best three out of five before going to seven , then the wild card was a one game before the divisional series. I’m talking before wild cards when pennant races were actually the main thing. Best of 7 league championship and then the World Series. |
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Post by CadesCove on Nov 15, 2023 13:18:41 GMT
Used to be just the World Series best of seven (and best of nine way back when), then the league championship was best three out of five before going to seven , then the wild card was a one game before the divisional series. I’m talking before wild cards when pennant races were actually the main thing. Best of 7 league championship and then the World Series. Used to be best of 5 before best of 7. For its first sixteen seasons, the League Championship Series were best-of-five, using the 2–3 format in which the team without home field advantage hosted the first two games, and the team with it hosted the rest of the LCS, making it impossible for the disadvantaged team to win the series at home. It also allowed those teams the unusual luxury of starting a series at home, possibly having home-field advantage in a three-game series, and a guarantee that they play two games at home.
In 1985,[1][2] the LCS was lengthened to best-of-seven games in the 2–3–2 format with the team holding home-field advantage opening the series at home and playing the next three games on the road, before returning home for two more possible games. The disadvantaged team would have had more games played at home than on the road if the series ends in five games.
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Post by Mercy for All on Nov 15, 2023 14:09:46 GMT
I’m talking before wild cards when pennant races were actually the main thing. Best of 7 league championship and then the World Series. Used to be best of 5 before best of 7. For its first sixteen seasons, the League Championship Series were best-of-five, using the 2–3 format in which the team without home field advantage hosted the first two games, and the team with it hosted the rest of the LCS, making it impossible for the disadvantaged team to win the series at home. It also allowed those teams the unusual luxury of starting a series at home, possibly having home-field advantage in a three-game series, and a guarantee that they play two games at home.
In 1985,[1][2] the LCS was lengthened to best-of-seven games in the 2–3–2 format with the team holding home-field advantage opening the series at home and playing the next three games on the road, before returning home for two more possible games. The disadvantaged team would have had more games played at home than on the road if the series ends in five games.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_Championship_SeriesRight...so 162-game season, then minimum 7 extra games, maximum 12 (not 11 and 14). And now it could max at 22! Very difficult for outdoor stadiums and certainly wear and tear on the players. |
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