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re: Examples of rule changes that totally changed sport

Posted on 1/30/11 at 5:50 pm to
Posted by PJinAtl
Atlanta
Member since Nov 2007
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Posted on 1/30/11 at 5:50 pm to
Addition of OT/elimination of ties in college football.
Posted by BunkieWrench
Katy
Member since Nov 2008
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Posted on 1/30/11 at 5:51 pm to
Drug testing.


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Posted by Roaad
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Posted on 1/30/11 at 5:55 pm to
Basketball:
3-Point Line
Dunking
Shot Clock

Football:
Helmet-to-Helmet
Forward Pass
Chop Block
QB Slide

Baseball:
DH
Shrinking strike zone

Hockey:
No fighting
Posted by BunkieWrench
Katy
Member since Nov 2008
5711 posts
Posted on 1/30/11 at 5:57 pm to
quote:

Hockey:
No fighting


Never seen a game, have you my friend?
Posted by Buckeye Fan 19
Member since Dec 2007
36590 posts
Posted on 1/30/11 at 5:58 pm to
Hockey at one point had no forward passes. That was a pretty big rule change.
Posted by BenDover
Member since Jul 2010
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Posted on 1/30/11 at 6:00 pm to
goaltending
Posted by tigerguy121
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2006
10695 posts
Posted on 1/30/11 at 6:10 pm to
The "Ty Law" 5 yard rule
Posted by Sophandros
Victoria Concordia Crescit
Member since Feb 2005
45219 posts
Posted on 1/30/11 at 6:13 pm to
I guess I'm the only person who doesn't think that the DH totally changed baseball. For one thing, it's not a universal rule.
Posted by Buckeye Fan 19
Member since Dec 2007
36590 posts
Posted on 1/30/11 at 6:23 pm to
quote:

I guess I'm the only person who doesn't think that the DH totally changed baseball. For one thing, it's not a universal rule.


Agree. And while it may have changed GM/manager strategy, it didn't fundamentaly change how the game was played.
Posted by tigernchicago
Alabama
Member since Sep 2003
5075 posts
Posted on 1/30/11 at 6:24 pm to
Football:

Making grabbing the facemask illegal, orignally it was NOT a penalty.

Changing of blocking which allows the extension of the arms/hands, originally it was illegal use of the hands if the blockers hands left their own chest.
Posted by Sheep
Neither here nor there
Member since Jun 2007
19696 posts
Posted on 1/30/11 at 6:25 pm to
quote:

Agree. And while it may have changed GM/manager strategy, it didn't fundamentaly change how the game was played.


Lulz.

Posted by Buckeye Fan 19
Member since Dec 2007
36590 posts
Posted on 1/30/11 at 6:26 pm to
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Sheep


Please explain how it did.
Posted by Sheep
Neither here nor there
Member since Jun 2007
19696 posts
Posted on 1/30/11 at 6:31 pm to
Apparently, you've never seen a pitcher hit before.
Posted by Buckeye Fan 19
Member since Dec 2007
36590 posts
Posted on 1/30/11 at 6:38 pm to
I said it changed strategy. But it didn't change the "rules" of baseball. The DH still counts the exact same as the pitcher hitting. He still has the same strike zone, the same 4 bases to travel, the same 1 run for scoring, etc.
Posted by Sophandros
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Posted on 1/30/11 at 6:39 pm to
They still do in the NL, so baseball is not totally changed. Plus, the DH didn't alter the nature of the sport in any manner.
Posted by Sheep
Neither here nor there
Member since Jun 2007
19696 posts
Posted on 1/30/11 at 7:21 pm to
quote:

They still do in the NL, so baseball is not totally changed. Plus, the DH didn't alter the nature of the sport in any manner.


You two have heard of the American League, right?

What happens in the World Series?

Are you saying the managers use the exact same strategy in NL parks as they do in AL parks?

That's absolutely absurd.
Posted by LuckySo-n-So
Member since Jul 2005
22642 posts
Posted on 1/30/11 at 7:25 pm to
Widening of the field by 10 feet.

Totally changed the passing game.
Posted by Vicks Kennel Club
29-24 #BlewDat
Member since Dec 2010
31255 posts
Posted on 1/30/11 at 7:48 pm to
quote:

goaltending


This is the defining rule of NBA Jam.
Posted by Sophandros
Victoria Concordia Crescit
Member since Feb 2005
45219 posts
Posted on 1/30/11 at 7:57 pm to
Because it's not in both leagues means that the game is not totally changed. A few interleague games and at most four postseason games doesn't mean that the sport has totally changed.

The impact of the DH is one of the most overstated and over complained about things in the history of sports discussions.
Posted by TN Bhoy
San Antonio, TX
Member since Apr 2010
60589 posts
Posted on 1/30/11 at 8:06 pm to
SIAP, but the offside rule and relegation in soccer.
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