I love the game but would it be nicer if we modify it with the following:\n- limit the roughness to limit injuries. Full tackle would be replaced by full hold instead.\n- have players play both defense and offense so that we could measure their skills 2-way like basketball or baseball.\n- limit the line-up at 20-25 so that we could remember all the players and save cash when you have a team.\n- special teams will be eliminated, instead picking up kicking your returning chores from your second unit.
201228
1.  Limit the roughness - never happen, the players enjoy the contact too much.\n2.  Some guys can still go both ways (OH!) but that will lead to more injuries which you said we needed to reduce in item 1.\n3. Since we want to keep injuries down and we aren't going with items 1 or 2, we need a larger roster.  The guys don't get paid NEARLY as much as basketball or baseball players which is ironic since their career duration is much shorter.  Remembering the good players will come naturally.  \n4.  Many people overlook the importance of special teams since it seems like a segue period of getting the ball from team one to team two; a means to an end.  Football enthusiasts (like me) see special teams as important as offense or defense and special teams players are needed as much as the other guys, most of whom just aren't special teams guys.\n\nMy suggestion would be to give the ref the ability to judge pass interference so that it wouldn't automatically be a "ball placed at point of infraction" penalty.  If it's an incidental infraction, make it 10 yards and auto first down play.\n\nAlso, holding is a crappy call that needs standardization.
464611
Could not agree with you more. I was in favor of the dress code, but the ball! If it ain't broke don't fix it. Everyone in the NBA hates Stern and I for one would love to see his resignation. As you said, too much power. Let the players play. Follow Tagliabue's example, be about the players.
60740
I dont think so because then half of the teams would be in the playoffs, it needs to be only the elite teams. However, i think we should have a second leauge alltogether.  Not nfl europe, arena football, or xfl but a second NFL.  Sorta like minor leauge but better.  It would take place during the offseason of NFL1.  It would do that well at first, but once people started to get to know the teams and players it would be great.  If people do good in NFL2 they could get drafted over to 1.  And if people suck in 1 they could go to 2 (not europe or arena leauge).  This would mean year round football!!!
69205
There is one that comes to mind. You should ask him about configuring your team into pairs of triangles. This way you can constantly pass the ball and not have as tight of coverage on the ball from the defense. You will exhaust the other team as they try to get the ball then you can make your move . Wings are also a great asset use them as a weapon
295614
I agree with cooley.  The are not overall fixed.  However, by extending the series, companies can make money on broadcasting and advertisement.  Sometimes, I feel the refs are biased in their calls..but for the most part I don't think they are fixed.  I really feel the first round should go back to a 5 game series.
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I'd start calling the violations that they don't call like travelling.\n\nI'd make the pro court bigger (both longer and wider).\n\nI'd use the international key shape.\n\nI'd add in some international rules like allowing them to touch the ball in the cylinder after the ball hits the rim and the ability to grab the ball on an out of bounds on the side.\n\nI'd leave the rim at 10 feet.
249595
I like interleague play.  My only complaint is that they should move one of the NL teams to AL, balance out the leagues and then play it like the NFL does with interconference games.  I'm a huge Met fan.  Is it fair when you are battling a team like Florida that they get 6 gms a year against TB and we get 6 gms against the Yankees?  They should have five teams per division per league, have 18 games against division foes and then 6 apiece against everybody else, including rotating interleague play, so that for example everyone in NL East plays everyone in AL East 6 times.
463082
I think the current rule is fine, and I don't think it's a change. If the defender can hit the ball away then he is doing his job,  This rule acts like the forward motion rule, I think it's fair.
558110
I agree with you 100%!!! What a disppointment! After a full season of zero-tolerance, which was truly entertaining with up-tempo hockey, hard checks, and excitement, we are now not only back to the boarding and interference you mentioned, but also the cross checks, hooking, holding. clutching, and trippings. \n\nIt's like two different games, which is why so many high ranked teams got knocked out in the play-offs, IMO. Really sad and disappointing, really.
15653
The more equipment you put on a player, the less a player can move. The problem is no one thought that some of these players would end up being dump truck size monsters who could hit a stop sign and bend it forward. The players are just way to big to invent something to protect them better. The legs are quite fragile in that there isn't much protecting them. As for concussions, human heads were not meant to get that kind of contact. THe helmets have been improved to the point that hitters are now using there heads to hurt the opponent. So nothing will prevent these injuries unless you have 150 lb players playing the game.
628011
Yeah, would be interesting to see how each team's attack and defense would go without each other, I mean if both teams were attacking at the same time, and the individual skill would count alot more too, since dribbling the defender could mean creating a gap on the opponent's flank.
71142
Good idea! And i have something to add there:\n\nWhat about giving 3 points for an away victory, but just 2 points to a home victory?\n\nTogether with your rule, this would be a break-trough in soccer...\n\nCheers
585638
I would have to rank my interest in that event somewhere just below the World cup of baseball and somewhere just above the world cup of soccer. \n\nBut if you could organize such an event - Maybe they could have a rule where if you get called for a penalty such as holding or face masking, you would get thrown out of the match and your team could play with 10 men for the rest of the game. Same thing if you were offsides twice.\n\nAlso they could just let the clock run after incomplete passes and plays that are out of bounds and then add an indiscriminate amount of time after the game clock is run down that is known only to the referee. \n\nOh and for this version of the world cup. Winning a game would be optional as would actually trying to score. If the game ends in a tie so be it. No reason to paly an overtime. A 0-0 tie would even be better.
355214
A few questions - unless I'm missing somethiing here.\n\n1.  Each team has to play 19 games in order for all to play each other?   That means 190 games in that time frame?\n\n2. Not familiar with the term 'pitches'.  Is this another word for 'playing fields' ?  \n\n3. If it's youth football - is there a time limit to the game?\n\n4. Do you have to schedule a playoff at the end?\n\n---------\nOK -  You obviously sustained a moment of insanity when you volunteered for this.  \nYou have your hands full on this one. \nI'm still trying to digest it all. \nWill let you know if I come up with something.\nGood luck Mom!
127397
No, do not tamper with the rules of baseball!  If they emulated the new hockey rules, we could see a situation like if a game were tied at the end of nine innings, they'd have three extra innings, then, if it were still tied, a homerun derby to determine the winner of the game!  (just like the new shootout after a five-minute overtime in hockey).  NO WAY!
306995
So I'm not the only one that has noticed this..?! It's becoming evident in these playoffs that something needs to change, because the referees should NOT have the power to affect the outcome of a deciding game...! Take the Spurs/Mavericks game last night for example. I was watching the final seconds of the 4th quarter, and saw a "phantom foul" called on Bruce Bown--that, coincidentally, would bring Dirk to the line to tie the game and take it into overtime. There has been several "questionable" calls, and most of them have affected the outcome of games. SOME SORT of system needs to be put in place, because like football, human error happens--but it shouldn't be the reason a team losses a game if the call wasn't the right one to begin with!
27535
I have always thought it to be a cheap way to end an overtime game.  I like your idea.