If You Were the Commissioner...

[Lyon309Cy]

Its the offseason, and a lot of the discussion around the World Cup and soccer rules makes it clear that it's been too long since we have been able to complain about officiating, and also that every sport could use some changes.

So, if you had the power to make or change any rule, or the way a rule is enforced, etc, in any sport, what would you change?

 

[CloneFanInKC]

I would kick Baylor out of the big XII.

 

[pourcyne]

1. Any fouls during the last two minutes of basketball are automatically three shots and by your best free-throw shooter, not the player fouled, even if that shooter is on the bench. No more taking 20 minutes to play the last two minutes.

2. If the game goes over anyway, TV coverage is forced to join the next game at tip-off if it is Iowa State playing.

3. Get rid of the fair catch in football.

 

[DRH]

I would steal from banana ball and would change a base on balls to a ball 4 sprint …where as soon as ball 4 hits the mitt the batter can try for as many bases as they wish and the defense can not make a play on the batter/runner(s) until all 9 players have touched the ball.

 

[Clonehomer]

1. Any fouls during the last two minutes of basketball are automatically three shots and by your best free-throw shooter, not the player fouled, even if that shooter is on the bench. No more taking 20 minutes to play the last two minutes.

2. If the game goes over anyway, TV coverage is forced to join the next game at tip-off if it is Iowa State playing.

3. Get rid of the fair catch in football.

For #1, going to an Elam Ending seems like a better option. Force a team to play defense without fouling if they get down.

 

[cyclones500]

Some kind of change to the fumble-through-end zone touchback rule.

 

[isucy86]

MLB Baseball

• Run Rule. Something like 10 runs after 7 innings & 7 runs after 8.
• Related to above, position players can't pitch. Obviously, there would need to be an "Ohtani" rule.
• I'm warming up to runner on 2nd in extra innings. But would like to see experimenting at AAA on impact of game length by putting runner on first instead.

NFL - Simplify rules to reduce controversial calls.

• Get rid of football move on catch. Possession & feet hit ground.
• I like college rule, one foot inbounds for catch.

 

[BurgundyClone]

Casual Golf -you can throw it anytime in place of hitting it.
Soccer -Clock operator operates the clock like a sane person and stops it for breaks.
Soccer -Free substitutions. Yellow Card for flopping.
Soccer -OT -team that had more Time of possession in the other team's half gets one extra free kick
Basketball -head flop is an offensive foul (reviewable).

 

[mj4cy]

MLB - Salary cap (just pathetic), stop blackouts, double headers and shorten calendar
NBA - actually call traveling

 

[wcamnclone]

In football, remove automatic first downs for the offense on defensive holding/PI.

Example, if its 2nd & 15 and defense gets called for holding, would be 2nd & 5 if the offense accepts the penalty.

 

[mj4cy]

Casual Golf -you can throw it anytime in place of hitting it.
Soccer -Clock operator operates the clock like a sane person and stops it for breaks.
Soccer -Free substitutions. Yellow Card for flopping.
Soccer -OT -team that had more Time of possession in the other team's half gets one extra free kick
Basketball -head flop is an offensive foul (reviewable).

I like these other than the free substitutions. I think they have to regulate it because otherwise the team ahead would just spend a ton of time substituting to stall.

 

[1SEIACLONE]

Football, decide once and for all what is and what is not a catch, if there is any doubt, it's not a catch. Get away from the ball moved so he did not catch it garbage.

Decide what is and and is not helmet to helmet contact and targeting. It should be apparent to everyone that it's targeting or not called on replay. Too much of a grey area on both.

 

[AllInForISU]

Baseball - Change it back to NL and AL and get rid of the DH, specifically in NL, but wouldn’t mind it going away across the board. Also, have a salary cap and floor.

Men’s College Basketball - 4 quarters and be able to advance the ball on TO in the last minute of the game.

Soccer - offside occurs when the entire body of an offensive player is past the defender holding them offside (like hockey and the blue line)

NFL Football - one foot in is catch.

NBA - Goaltending/basketball interference goes away once the ball hits the rim. (FIBA rules)

I’m sure I have more things I’d love to change, but those were off the top of my head.

 

[Lyon309Cy]

For all sports - refs are micced, like how UFL does it.
Basketball - traveling is traveling, no gather steps. Under 2 minutes, the fouled team can choose to take FTs or keep possession.
Baseball - anything to get and keep the ball in play, try to reduce K's, BBs, and HRs. Maybe lower the mound and move it a little further away, but also increase the strike zone size and move fences back.
Football - fumble through the end zone goes back to the offense where they last possessed it. No tush push. Maybe shorten the play clock. Intentionally delayed or slow subs by the D can result in a delay of game on the D.

 

[Drew0311]

Targeting rule has changed a bit. However, I would make it a 20 yard penalty and you get to keep playing on a Targeting that was accidental.

Also can we start calling targeting on running backs who duck their head down on impact. Why is it just the offense that get's to duck their head.

 

[coolerifyoudid]

Also can we start calling targeting on running backs who duck their head down on impact. Why is it just the offense that get's to duck their head.

I also hate that a running back is allowed to stiff-arm a defender in the facemask as long as he doesn't grab it. Any contact with the head is dangerous at game speed.

 

[ricochet]

Some kind of change to the fumble-through-end zone touchback rule.

This one is so easy. Make all fumbles go back to the point of the fumble or where the ball went out of bounds - whichever is more disadvantageous to the fumbling team. I'd be OK if fumbles into the end zone came with a yardage penalty.

 

[jackrabbit]

1. In football, if the ball is fumbled out of bounds, then the defense gets the ball.
2. A safety is six points for the defense.

 

[kcdc4isu]

In soccer:
1. throw ins must be where the ball leaves the pitch if player moves forward they lose throw in and it goes to other team.
2. stop clock on any stoppage of play so we know just how much time is needed to finish a match
3. enforce the yellow card for flopping it is way out of hand
basketball:
1. with the shot clock we don't need the 5 second close guarding call

 

[Althetuna]

In soccer, move back the spot where PK's are taken to give the goalie better odds of stopping them.