Improve a sport by adding/removing rules

[Wolveryeti]

I'll start us off:

Football - extra time multiball instead of penalties after extra time has been played.

 

[gosub]

More people watch the grand national than Formula 1. So make F1 more exciting by adding jumps.

 

[Badgers]

More people watch the grand national than Formula 1. So make F1 more exciting by adding jumps.

And shooting the drivers if they crash?

 

[DotCommunist]

Dice chess. When it is your go, you roll a D6. Whatever number you get, that is how many moves you get for your go.
Would make chess more interesting

 

[blairsh]

Everytime you pot the yellow in a frame of snooker the frame stops while your opponent buys you a shot of toffee vodka.

Did this for a couple frames a month or so ago, great rule

 

[spanglechick]

football - anyone who, when video evidence is reviewed, lied about being fouled and actually dived to the ground with no actual injury, is banned from playing for six months.

 

[gosub]

And shooting the drivers if they crash?

Jockeys only get shot in Dick Francis books

 

[gosub]

Most celebrated football match was in WW1. Make matches more memorable by reintroducing minefields. (would make players salaries seem more justifide too)

 

[gosub]

Improve golf with new rule :
golf shall not be played or talked about on pain of death.

 

[ymu]

Cricket. Start with tea. Then go home.

 

[El Jugador]

I quite like the thought of speed-chess-played-three-moves-at-once ...it could be like Mixed Martial Arts for the weedy.

 

[Big Gunz]

Professional foul, probably the stupidest rule of all in footy due to it's double jeopardy impact on the penalised team. Give the attacking team the option of a penalty or a sending off would make it less harsh. If foul is outside the area then red card and free kick rewarded.

 

[Schmetterling]

Reader suggestion in Metro this morning:

Football: No yellow cards but pink hearts; once a footballer has been shown two of these he has to play the next game in a pink tutu!

 

[xes]

Football....the pitch is now covered with sensors under the grass. If someone is rolling around on it, for longer than 15 seconds, a big anvil/piano drops on them. (unless they are actually hurt)

 

[Teaboy]

Cricket. Start with tea. Then go home.

Thanks to the British weather we get a few games like this every season. Still, I do like a good buffet.

 

[bi0boy]

Cricket - abolish the "out: hit the ball twice rule".

 

[Teaboy]

Cricket - abolish the "out: hit the ball twice rule".

You're already allowed to hit the ball twice if you're protecting your wicket, you're just not allowed to block it and then tee off.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Rugby: ban rugby players from playing and rugby fans from watching.

 

[Wilf]

Polo - feed the players to the horses.

 

[fredfelt]

Connect 4 - turn it into Complex 4 by changing colours each time.

This has already been done, I went to the World Championships - Chess Boxing. The winner is the first to knock out or check mate. 1 round of boxing followed by 3 minutes of speed chess.

 

[alsoknownas]

Professional foul, probably the stupidest rule of all in footy due to it's double jeopardy impact on the penalised team. Give the attacking team the option of a penalty or a sending off would make it less harsh. If foul is outside the area then red card and free kick rewarded.

Who remembers the very tackle that lead to the professional foul rule?

Showing my age again:

Paul Allen, the youngest player ever to play at a Wembley cup final at the time, was through on goal with only Pat Jennings to beat, Young tackled the 17 year old, taking him down just outside the penalty box. It was a despicable challenge from behind on the then youngest ever player to play in an F.A. Cup final, however Young only earned himself a yellow card...

1980 cup final (from wiki)

 

[silverfish]

Synchronised swimming, swimsuit optional

 

[Yossarian]

Formula 1: Any blood spilled during pre-race protests gets poured onto the track.

Football: Every team owner needs to get in goal for at least 90 minutes every season.

Cricket: One randomly selected player from each side is spiked with ketamine during the last break of the day.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Football: change the 'advantage' rule so it's more like rugby. There's no bloody advantage just because you were able to get a shot off despite being fouled. The ref should see if any advantage is actually gained, if not bring it back for the free kick.

Oh, and rolling subs. Could have specialist teams for dead ball situations.

 

[toblerone3]

Football abolish the offside rule.

 

[ymu]

Football: change the 'advantage' rule so it's more like rugby. There's no bloody advantage just because you were able to get a shot off despite being fouled. The ref should see if any advantage is actually gained, if not bring it back for the free kick.

That's already how it works. IIRC there was an incident recently of a female referee using the advantage rule and then, when the player who was fouled went on to foul another player, giving the team whose player was originally fouled a free-kick (because no advantage was obtained) whilst awarding the player who was fouled in the first incident a yellow card for the foul they then committed when given advantage.

The commentators went apeshit but it was because they, like so many men, do not understand the rules of the game.

EDIT: tough google, but I found a good post about it

 

[BlueSquareThing]

Baseball - use the same ball until it goes out of play (and even then if it gets thrown back in) and strictly enforce a 15 second rule after the ball is dead before the next pitch needs to be thrown - with the batter not being able to back out of the box, do his gloves up and so on every pitch. Would solve so many problems with games lasting too long but will never get a look in.

 

[1927]

I've always thought that all sports should look at rules/laws in other sports and cherry pick the best bits.

Football has tried taking a lead from rugby with the ten yard rule for dissent, but no refs actually had the bottle to use it. Football could learn something from basketball tho. I like the idea of the team foul rule. Once a team had accrued so many team fouls during a game, every foul after that resulted in a penalty wherever it happened on the pitch.

 

[ymu]

That's a good 'un.

I'd probably replace the yellow card with 5 minutes off the pitch, 10 minutes for the second, 15 for the third, etc - with no substitutions allowed whilst a player is serving a penalty. Penalties carry over to the next match if there's no time to complete them Red cards reserved for career-threatening and professional fouls.

 

[1927]

That's a good 'un.

I'd probably replace the yellow card with 5 minutes off the pitch, 10 minutes for the second, 15 for the third, etc - with no substitutions allowed whilst a player is serving a penalty. Penalties carry over to the next match if there's no time to complete them Red cards reserved for career-threatening and professional fouls.

Problem is, lets say Man U have a player sent off against Chelsea in the 89 minute, he will serve his ban against other teams, lets say Wolves, Blackburn etc, which gives no benefit to Chelsea. Bans should always be served in the next fixture against the side he fouled against.