The dumbest thing that's still allowed in sports
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I thought his was another Joe Flacco thread xstop
In all honesty, the dumbest thing still allowed in sports is home plate umpires. We have technology that can get balls/strikes right every pitch yet we allow these geriatric old bastards to fuck up the game nearly every day.
In all honesty, the dumbest thing still allowed in sports is home plate umpires. We have technology that can get balls/strikes right every pitch yet we allow these geriatric old bastards to fuck up the game nearly every day.
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The act of blocking the plate accounted for most of the physical contact in Major League Baseball prior to the 2014 season, when it was outlawed except when the catcher already has possession of the ball. By the rules of baseball, a runner has the right to an unobstructed path to a base.
Blocking the plate - Wikipedia
Allowed but are rare compared to years past because of rule change.
You would have to work to find something as dumb as making a player who stripes one down the middle of fairway to have to hit out of a divot. Penalized for doing exactly what you are supposed to.
You would have to work to find something as dumb as making a player who stripes one down the middle of fairway to have to hit out of a divot. Penalized for doing exactly what you are supposed to.
ATP and ITF tournaments (men's pro tennis)..........
In doubles you are allowed to switch the server at the start of every set, in other words you can have one guy serving way more then his partner. This always annoyed the hell out of me, made no sense at all. In doubles you rotate serve between the 4 players (2 players on each team) but when a set is complete the rotation stops and you can "start over". Why in the love of fuck would you just not continue the rotation the entire match? That is the fair way to do it. Because of this rule you can play a doubles match where one person serves way more then the other one does. It doesn't sound like a big deal but trust me it is, breaking serve in men's tennis is next to impossible, if you are playing a team where one guy has a huge serve and the other guy doesn't, why should they be awarded for not having a "complete game" (the guy with a weak serve does not serve proportionally to his partner). But if you had "fair chance" (both guys served equally) of breaking serve then that would drastically change things.
I lost so many close doubles matches simply because the one guy on the other side of the net had a massive serve that we could not break, why the fuck is one guy allowed to serve more then his partner, the fact that this is allowed is just stupid.
I can't think of any other sport where something like this is allowed to happen?
And yes UGA12 rule about the divot is also a good example of a dumb rule, but in that case I do see why the rule is in place. Just imagine if every pro golf tour out there allowed players to change their lie, just think of all the cheating that would take place, any bad lie "hey look it is in a divot". So I agree it is totally unfair to put the ball in the middle of the fairway and it lands in a divot, but I see why the rule is in place.
In doubles you are allowed to switch the server at the start of every set, in other words you can have one guy serving way more then his partner. This always annoyed the hell out of me, made no sense at all. In doubles you rotate serve between the 4 players (2 players on each team) but when a set is complete the rotation stops and you can "start over". Why in the love of fuck would you just not continue the rotation the entire match? That is the fair way to do it. Because of this rule you can play a doubles match where one person serves way more then the other one does. It doesn't sound like a big deal but trust me it is, breaking serve in men's tennis is next to impossible, if you are playing a team where one guy has a huge serve and the other guy doesn't, why should they be awarded for not having a "complete game" (the guy with a weak serve does not serve proportionally to his partner). But if you had "fair chance" (both guys served equally) of breaking serve then that would drastically change things.
I lost so many close doubles matches simply because the one guy on the other side of the net had a massive serve that we could not break, why the fuck is one guy allowed to serve more then his partner, the fact that this is allowed is just stupid.
I can't think of any other sport where something like this is allowed to happen?
And yes UGA12 rule about the divot is also a good example of a dumb rule, but in that case I do see why the rule is in place. Just imagine if every pro golf tour out there allowed players to change their lie, just think of all the cheating that would take place, any bad lie "hey look it is in a divot". So I agree it is totally unfair to put the ball in the middle of the fairway and it lands in a divot, but I see why the rule is in place.
I don't get bad lies in the fairways I play, they are non-existent on PGA fairways(save divots of course). So maybe it is touching a divot or maybe not, who cares. The ball has been placed where it should be and everyone in the fairway should get a "fair lie", which to me would be anything not in, or effected by a divot in any way.
For me, the automatic first down that goes with Defensive holding in the NFL....
Too many times, teams that are in 3rd and 25 seem to get saved by this call - 5 yards and a 1st down. Sure, give them 5 (or even 10) yards on the penalty, but no more auto first down. Changes outcomes of too many games....
Also hate the QB chucking it downfield, basically hoping for a pass interference call... would like the NFL to move to the college rule on this, and make it a 15 yard penalty....
Too many times, teams that are in 3rd and 25 seem to get saved by this call - 5 yards and a 1st down. Sure, give them 5 (or even 10) yards on the penalty, but no more auto first down. Changes outcomes of too many games....
Also hate the QB chucking it downfield, basically hoping for a pass interference call... would like the NFL to move to the college rule on this, and make it a 15 yard penalty....
If the NBA wasn't filled with players that don't know how to shoot a ball into a hoop then this would not be an issue.
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| 2. | Karl Malone* | 36928 |
| 3. | Kobe Bryant | 33643 |
| 4. | Michael Jordan* | 32292 |
| 5. | Wilt Chamberlain* | 31419 |
| 6. | Dirk Nowitzki | 31046 |
| 7. | LeBron James | 30473 |
| 8. | Julius Erving* | 30026 |
| 9. | Moses Malone* | 29580 |
| 10. | Shaquille O'Neal* | 28596 |
| 11. | Dan Issel* | 27482 |
| 12. | Elvin Hayes* | 27313 |
| 13. | Hakeem Olajuwon* | 26946 |
| 14. | Oscar Robertson* | 26710 |
| 15. | Dominique Wilkins* | 26668 |
| 16. | George Gervin* | 26595 |
| 17. | Tim Duncan | 26496 |
| 18. | Paul Pierce | 26397 |
| 19. | John Havlicek* | 26395 |
| 20. | Kevin Garnett | 26071 |
| 21. | Alex English* | 25613 |
| 22. | Reggie Miller* | 25279 |
| Rick Barry* | 25279 | |
| 24. | Jerry West* | 25192 |
| 25. | Carmelo Anthony | 25187 |
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| 1. | J.J. Redick ? PHI | .931 |
| 2. | Courtney Lee ? NYK | .923 |
| 3. | Stephen Curry ? GSW | .920 |
| 4. | Marco Belinelli ? TOT | .920 |
| 5. | Chris Paul ? HOU | .913 |
| Jamal Murray ? DEN | .913 | |
| 7. | Damian Lillard ? POR | .908 |
| 8. | Darren Collison ? IND | .897 |
| 9. | Dario Saric ? PHI | .893 |
| 10. | Lou Williams ? LAC | .890 |
| 11. | Kyrie Irving ? BOS | .888 |
| 12. | Kevin Love ? CLE | .883 |
| 13. | Kevin Durant ? GSW | .882 |
| 14. | Devin Booker ? PHO | .873 |
| 15. | Dennis Schroder ? ATL | .872 |
| 16. | Jeff Green ? CLE | .867 |
| Khris Middleton ? MIL | .867 | |
| 18. | Evan Fournier ? ORL | .867 |
| 19. | Jimmy Butler ? MIN | .865 |
| 20. | Karl-Anthony Towns ? MIN | .865 |
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If the majority of NBA players had those stats the point zoomer made would be mute. There is a reason teams take advantage of that rule, because a fair number of NBA players can't shoot a fucking free throw:facepalm:
#pathetic
Going back to the "dumbest thing that's still allowed in sports"..............
- How is Bull-Fighting still allowed to take place in some countries? Thankfully it has been banned in many countries but this "sport" is still allowed to continue.
- Dog Racing is nowhere close to as bad as Bull Fighting, but it would nice to see that go away. I don't think it should be allowed, seems cruel to see the dogs locked up in cages, it ain't right.
on a lighter note (sorry got a little dark there with the above)........
- In MMA (in most countries) you are allowed to knee or kick your opponent in the head when he's standing, but not if he has one finger on the canvass. It makes no sense, the point of any combat sport is to hit your opponent right? But when his pinky finger is touching the ground you can't hit him in the head with your foot or knee. Very dumb rule in my opinion.
- How is Bull-Fighting still allowed to take place in some countries? Thankfully it has been banned in many countries but this "sport" is still allowed to continue.
- Dog Racing is nowhere close to as bad as Bull Fighting, but it would nice to see that go away. I don't think it should be allowed, seems cruel to see the dogs locked up in cages, it ain't right.
on a lighter note (sorry got a little dark there with the above)........
- In MMA (in most countries) you are allowed to knee or kick your opponent in the head when he's standing, but not if he has one finger on the canvass. It makes no sense, the point of any combat sport is to hit your opponent right? But when his pinky finger is touching the ground you can't hit him in the head with your foot or knee. Very dumb rule in my opinion.
In the NRL Rugby League and in Super Rugby (the Top 2 Rugby Organizations in the World) the game CONTINUES when a player gets hurt, unless the guy is dead they won't stop the game. You will have some guy gets his head knocked off and the trainers will run on the field AND THE GAME WILL CONTINUE:scared
The injured player will be in the middle of the field and the players will run around him chasing the ball, it is crazy, how the hell is that allowed to happen?
Can you image a NFL game where some wide receiver gets jacked up at the 20 yard line, they leave him on the field and run the next play, I mean WTF?:lol:
The injured player will be in the middle of the field and the players will run around him chasing the ball, it is crazy, how the hell is that allowed to happen?
Can you image a NFL game where some wide receiver gets jacked up at the 20 yard line, they leave him on the field and run the next play, I mean WTF?:lol:
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offense drives from their own 1 yard line to the other teams 5 yard line but fumbles thru the end zone on first,second or third down..
THEY LOSE POSSESSION OF THE BALL...
DEFENSE DID NOTHING..........
THEY LOSE POSSESSION OF THE BALL...
DEFENSE DID NOTHING..........
Penalty on first down for holding on the 30 yard line, back the ball up to the 20 and it's 1st and 20. Same penalty on first down on the 10 yard line back the ball up to the 5 because of the half the distance to the goal rule and it's 1st and 15.
Why can't it be 1st and 20 from the 5?
Why can't it be 1st and 20 from the 5?
