The dumbest rule in all of sports

[dougstewart]

Illini, you are completely wrong,

fhm,
You should have quit while you were ahead. Illini, here is another link for the same story...

http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/frontpage/2007/0711/1184103680159.html

...I don't see any mention of born again in either story though. I see no problem with what His Holiness said either today or when the document was first released in 2000.

 

[whormoan]

worst rule in all of sports i having penalty kicks decide soccer games (specifically world cup games). Can you imagine a FT shooting contest deciding the NBA Finals after 2 OTs or a FG kicking contest deciding a football game?

 

[GreenDoberman]

Is it really asking too much to have the team with the best record have the home field advantage?
Like they do in every other sport, save the ones they play on a neutral field.

I mean is there a Teletubbies concert at Fenway Park that they just can't bump?

Is it really that hard to figure out?

 

[festeringZit]

The Roman Catholic Church is a money grabbing whore.

Trivia: Who killed more people, the Nazi regime, or the
Catholic Church?

Answer: It's really not even close. The Catholics killed
40-60 million during the Catholic Inquisition.

Martin Luther was right on when he called the Catholic Church
a money grabbing whore, and left the church in part for
selling indulgences to get dead people out of a mythical
purgatory (no such thing).

I've traveled to Rome many times, and marveled at the audacity
of the RC church. In one of the shrines to a dead Catholic
missionary from the 17 century, they're still collecting/begging
for money in order to get this guy out of purgatory. Poor
guy, he was martyred in China for the Church, and he's
supposedly in Purgatory 400 years later. Well, as long as it
fills the church coffers.

[SIZE=-1]"Coin in the coffer rings a soul from Purgatory springs"

I won't even go into the pedophile issue...

All that being said, I am a Christian, just not a fan of the
whore church in Rome.


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[Illini]

The Roman Catholic Church is a money grabbing whore.

Trivia: Who killed more people, the Nazi regime, or the
Catholic Church?

Answer: It's really not even close. The Catholics killed
40-60 million during the Catholic Inquisition.

Martin Luther was right on when he called the Catholic Church
a money grabbing whore, and left the church in part for
selling indulgences to get dead people out of a mythical
purgatory (no such thing).

I've traveled to Rome many times, and marveled at the audacity
of the RC church. In one of the shrines to a dead Catholic
missionary from the 17 century, they're still collecting/begging
for money in order to get this guy out of purgatory. Poor
guy, he was martyred in China for the Church, and he's
supposedly in Purgatory 400 years later. Well, as long as it
fills the church coffers.

[SIZE=-1]"Coin in the coffer rings a soul from Purgatory springs"[/SIZE]

[SIZE=-1]I won't even go into the pedophile issue...[/SIZE]

[SIZE=-1]All that being said, I am a Christian, just not a fan of the [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]whore church in Rome. [/SIZE]

:aktion033 And everyone said Amen. Preach it, brother.

 

[TomBrady#1]

It is a bad rule GD. THey should just alternate years or something. The winner of this game means nothing.

 

[dougstewart]

[SIZE=-1]All that being said, I am a Christian, just not a fan of the [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]whore church in Rome. [/SIZE]

See post #6

 

[whormoan]

penalty kicks deciding Brazil/Uruguay right now. This is by far the dumbest rule in sports

 

[GreenDoberman]

barring a replay, there is no fair way to settle a soccer or hockey game for that matter.

At least penalties involve some level of skill and the two teams involved.

What if say, they decided the Argentina-Columbia match should decide who kicks last. Come on, it's ridiculous.

 

[whormoan]

barring a replay, there is no fair way to settle a soccer or hockey game for that matter.

At least penalties involve some level of skill and the two teams involved.

What if say, they decided the Argentina-Columbia match should decide who kicks last. Come on, it's ridiculous.

The fair thing in soccer is to play til someone scores a goal to break the tie.
Penalty kicks are the equivalent to deciding a b-ball game with a FT shooting contest or football with a FG kicking contest or baseball with a homerun derby. A peanlty kick contest is not soccer.

 

[GreenDoberman]

I'd prefer a two-on-one from the midfield line with a 30 second clock as opposed to a penalty.
I'm sure penalties came as a result of some game that went forever as the two teams did not want to take a chance.

 

[whormoan]

i will say this: these penalty kicks are exciting. This Uruguay/Brazil game is awesome, but exciting does not mean a fair rule.

 

[GreenDoberman]

Not the fairest, but not ridiculous and completely unrelated like the home field advantage rule.

 

[hellah10]

nothing is dumber then illegal contact in football... talk about a bail out call for a team! 3rd and 15... your defense gets nailed with an illegal contact call for having his arm on the WRs arm... so boom, 5 yard penatly and automatic first down... terrible, just terrible

 

[rgorr]

Martin Luther did not leave the church. His goal was reform, not schism, and he died before the schism.

 

[freebie]

nothing is dumber then illegal contact in football... talk about a bail out call for a team! 3rd and 15... your defense gets nailed with an illegal contact call for having his arm on the WRs arm... so boom, 5 yard penatly and automatic first down... terrible, just terrible

I hate that rule more than anything. Just throw a long bomb on 3rd and 15 and just pray.

 

[Number_9]

I think the home field All-Star rule is great. I think the only other fair way to do it is by overall interleague record. ANYTHING is preferable to just alternating HFA every year. I never understood why some people hate this rule.

 

[GreenDoberman]

Another rule that defies logic is the NBA's call a timeout and oh we will advance it to half court. WTF?:discuss:

 

[whormoan]

Another rule that defies logic is the NBA's call a timeout and oh we will advance it to half court. WTF?:discuss:

Think how unexciting end of games would be if teams couldn't advance the ball. How many games are decided with less than 3 sec to play? Couldn't happen much if teams had to inbound under their goal

 

[GreenDoberman]

So they should get a free advance for what reason exactly.

Football: a team punts into the coffin corner. Other team calls timeout and they advance the ball to the other 35 yard line. Stupid fucking made for TV concept that is not in the spirit of competition.