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Dumbest rule in sports
I am nominating 2.
1. In basketball if the other team scores, and you call a timeout right away you now get the ball at half court. I hate this and dont understand why the team who called the timeout deserves to gain the advantage of moving the ball that ar up court without taking any time off of the clock. 2. Soccer. I never played the game but i was told that you are not allowed to call "mine" or "got it" and instead when calling the ball must say something like "rusty JEDI's ball." It was explained to me that this rule is because it is unethical to call mine because you could confuse the other team. How the hell can a sport with so many pansy Europeans diving when not even touched then roll around for a minute like they are dying begging for a call and then miraculously gettting up to run when the ball comes back their way (and now the europeans have ruined hockey in this manner) have a rule like this for "ethical" reasons. A sport like this has no ethics or sportsmanship in my opinion. rJ |
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Re: Dumbest rule in sports
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How the hell can a sport with so many pansy Europeans diving when not even touched then roll around for a minute like they are dying begging for a call and then miraculously gettting up to run when the ball comes back their way [/ QUOTE ] so true - i got sick of watching the last soccer world cup - a famous aussie rules football player got horribly creamed in a game recently - he had shattered his cheek bone and broken his nose - he barely touched the ground before he jumped to his feet and ran after the ball - aussie rules has a "blood" rule so he had to leave the ground shortly after it happened - he then spent a week in hospital whats so special about running about kicking a ball that you cant touch with your hands anyway ? i got more you soccer fans... i dont like the net cord rule when serving in tennis - if it hits the net it should still count i reckon stripsqueez - chickenhawk |
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Re: Dumbest rule in sports
my nomination is in college football where if a runner is 99 yards away from all the defenders, and trips on a beer cup, he's down, and can't get back up and run again, whether the other team touches him or not. I much prefer the man's rule, the NFL rule.
al |
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Re: Dumbest rule in sports
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How the hell can a sport with so many pansy Europeans diving when not even touched then roll around for a minute like they are dying begging for a call and then miraculously gettting up to run when the ball comes back their way [/ QUOTE ] It's called gamesmanship, it's quite a popular tactic in all professional sport I think your find. When your 1-0 up with a minute to go it's a very valid part of the sport, when they are 1-0 up with a minute to go, they are nothing but cheating scumbags [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] |
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Re: Dumbest rule in sports
No it isn't valid and ruins the sport entirely. I know it is a popular sport, the world's most popular, but the way sccer players go about it almost makes soccer a non-sport on the order of figure skating. When a guy rolls around and cries he should have to leave for the rest of the game at least. When they fake it, roll around crying like they will be in the hospital a month, and then play again, it should be a 5 year suspension, 1,000,000 fine, and if ever reinstated they should have to play in a pink dress. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
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Re: Dumbest rule in sports
You havn't really thought this thru.
What if 2 players on opposing teams were re-instated. Pink is too specific, I think you should change 'and if ever reinstated they should have to play in a pink dress' to 'and if ever reinstated they should have to play in a pastel dress which compliments the team strip'. |
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Re: Dumbest rule in sports
I always thought that F1 drivers deemed to have driven outside the rules ought to be forced to repaint their teams' liveries in pink, in homage to the worlds worst-driving demographic.
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Re: Dumbest rule in sports
The NFL has a bunch of ridiculous rules. Off the top of my head...
- If a FG attempt is blocked before it reaches the line of scrimmage and the kicking team recovers, they retain possession. - Tuck rule, enough said. - If an onside kick attempt goes out of bounds, the kicking team gets another attempt (actually, I think this rule was finally changed). -- Homer |
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Re: Dumbest rule in sports
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- If an onside kick attempt goes out of bounds, the kicking team gets another attempt (actually, I think this rule was finally changed). [/ QUOTE ] This one was changed. |
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Re: Dumbest rule in sports
A player gaining possession of a completed pass must "execute a football move" in order to complete the pass.
A "football move"? What language are they speaking? |
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