19-01-2003 13:39									#1
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I was listening (I was at work) to the Lakers/Rockets game last night (actually the night before last at this hour). And I was thinking the ending of this game sucked. I remembered why I stopped watching NBA, and even college basketball for that matter. I don't think you should be allowed to foul like that in the end of the game. Any foul to save time on the clock should be a flagrant foul- plain and simple. This would really speed up the end game.

Basically I want to speed some sports up. Basketball especially. The fouls at the end of the Laker game were out of control. Like I said, all those fouls should be flagrant fouls.

Football. This is still a fairly fast game (with the exception of instant replay and other officiating slow downs). But I do think opposing teams should not be allowed to call a time out when the other team goes up for a field goal. This slows the game down, and caused problems like in the Pittsburgh/Tennesee game.

Look at Nascar. This is a sport that runs full speed at the end unlike football and basketball. The only exception is when they finish the race in caution flag. Which sucks btw . Nascar races should NEVER finish under caution flag.

Baseball. Well this game is already painfully slow. But I say limit pitching changes in an inning. This really slows the game down.

Soccer/football. I don't know enough about this sport to say much. This seems to be pretty fast in the end. Especially as the losing team tries frantically to tie or win the game. Same with hockey for the same reason.

Golf. This game is also painfully slow. Do what George Carlin says and put some land mines out there. That will make it more interesting.

	19-01-2003 13:45									#2
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Swords make anything interesting.

	19-01-2003 13:51									#3
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NBA needs a shorter season... desperately.

NHL needs to fold up and disappear as so to stop wasting space in the sports section.

WNBA needs hotter chicks... so does the LPGA and the Tennis tour.

Title IX has got to be amended.

	19-01-2003 13:53									#4
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quote: NHL needs to fold up and disappear as so to stop wasting space in the sports section.

The NHL is one of the best leagues to watch, period. They're fun!

If I had my way the NBA would fold up. I cannot fathom how anyone can find that interesting. Perhaps it becomes more interesting when you wager on it...

	19-01-2003 13:58									#5
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No, the NHL sucks.

	19-01-2003 14:00									#6
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Or, better yet, perhaps the N in NHL can be contracted to mean only the Nation of Canada.

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I'd be okay with moving the NHL back to Canada.

Alberta is doing what it can, two teams in the two major cities, the rest of Canada is slacking!

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Oh, and I think the NHL should adopt the wider rinks as per the Olympics.

	19-01-2003 14:15									#9
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i want to turn all sports into mutant league

	19-01-2003 17:55									#10
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I agree with you on the fouls issue in basketball, if it is an intentional foul to stop the clock, shoot 2 plus possession. Another thing I'd like to see changed is the ridiculous amounts of timeouts that are being used at the end of the game. Go to a format of 1 timeout per team in the first and third quarters and 2 in 2nd and fourth. Make breaks in between quarters longer to compensate for lost advertising space.

	19-01-2003 18:09									#11
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I would like to see the option to challenge officials' decision in soccer (like in Amer. Football), or at least call for a replay, either by coaches or by referees themselves.
There are still too many occasions where referees and linemen fark up a match.
Now I don't want to be too harsh on them, their job is difficult, but their errors shouldn't be too decisive for the result of the match.

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Tennis- they should make heavier balls and limit the quantity of fibers in the rackets- I'm sick tired of watching a sport where all you have to do is hitting the ball harder without any trace of tecnique and game strategy
Volleyball- the same; nets should be taller about 10cms to reduce spikes' effectivity
Skating- already too late, rotten to its core

	19-01-2003 18:44									#13
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quote: Originally posted by ixnay Swords make anything interesting.

Beheading the loosers of the game should make thing also interesting.

It even has tradition.
The Mayas used to play a ritual Ballgame (Pok-a-Tok), where the loosers would afterwards be beheaded and sacrificed to their gods

	19-01-2003 19:50									#14
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Nascar: Add Snidely Whiplash to the race. That darned troublemaker is bound to make the race more interesting.

American Football: Get rid of Sudden Death, and introduce an overtime system like that used in college football, with the exceptions that 2-point conversions must be attempted on the 2nd overtime, and (except for playoff games) just call the damn game a tie on the 3rd overtime.

Soccer: Introduce a Shot Clock with, I dunno, a minute on it. If a team maintains control of the ball for a minute and doesn't take a shot, then the opposing team gets to take a goal kick. Also, each team gets a chick on a motorcycle. And the ball should be filled with sand, so that only robot-humans can kick the thing.

	19-01-2003 20:28									#15
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Silly loinburger. Nothing could make soccer interesting. Not even a chick on a motorcycle.

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quote: Originally posted by JohnT Or, better yet, perhaps the N in NHL can be contracted to mean only the Nation of Canada.

Okay. I'd like to include Boston, Detroit, NYR and Chicago, though...

	19-01-2003 20:48									#17
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I'd say not even football could make a chicken on a motorcycle interesting...

	19-01-2003 21:30									#18
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Instead of or in addition to a penalty box / sidelining / ejection, have "Punishment Lanes" which are lined by the worst hooligan fans of each team. Have the offender run through while the hooligans take their best shots at them.




The more egregious / multiple offenders take multiple laps.

	19-01-2003 21:36									#19
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quote: Originally posted by Frogger Silly loinburger. Nothing could make soccer interesting. Not even a chick on a motorcycle.

Bah, you uncouth barbarian.

I can't tell what is worse, curling or cricket?

	19-01-2003 21:55									#20
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someone has to do all-terrain croquet, makes the game actually fun (especially when you play it in a friend's back yard that his dog's dug huge holes in)...

	19-01-2003 21:56									#21
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curling is not a sport.

	19-01-2003 22:16									#22
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The only things that would make croquet interesting is explosive tipped mallets and the ability to strike balls directly at opposing players.

	19-01-2003 22:27									#23
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I'd improve soccer no end (for me at least) by ensuring that Sheffield Wednesday win at least one match in the season.

	19-01-2003 22:27									#24
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i'd make the salaries for players have a reasonable maximum.

the state should tax the sports industry heavily

	19-01-2003 22:30									#25
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What are you complaining about Paul, Wednesday have won five times already!

	19-01-2003 22:35									#26
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Yeah, and this weekend they lost 3-1 to Sheffield United, a team that they would have whupped into the middle of next week two seasons ago. Their rapid demise often leaves me feeling somewhat...empty.

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I would judiciously divide the Real Madrid roster amongst various MLS teams in an attempt to make American soccer watchable. There's nothing worse than watching second-rate Nigerians dominate your domestic league...

	20-01-2003 00:58									#28
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NBA and baseball should both have shorter seasons, like they have for football. What I really think would make baseball better would be to have something like a "shot clock" for baseball limiting the time the pitcher has before he can pitch.

	20-01-2003 01:43									#29
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The only way to salvage the watchability of the NBA would be to mandate violence. And have people lined up around the sides launching tennis balls at the players.

Oh hell, who am I kidding? There's no hope for the NBA.

	20-01-2003 02:00									#30
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the X-Games could use cheerleaders