Biggest pet peeve in sports today?

I miss going to a game where I'm not bombarded by light, sound and advertising (simultaneously).

When I was a kid Shea sounded like a rock concert between innings, but at least it was mostly chart-toppers and not filler garbage.

There was a reason bigtime rock bands played there- it had a heck of a sound system for its time. Now they're all like that and they all seem to abuse it.

 

That really sucks. Everyone knows every foul in the last few minutes is intentional. Call it.

stop fucking with the rules to get a desired outcome. Man on second for extra innings. stupid. Rules should be designed so that the offense and the defense are even.

Overtime is either a set time to play and who ever is winning at the end of the extra time wins. Or sudden death. But with kickers nailing things regularly for 55 yards. And QBs being able to move 40 yards in a minute, sudden death doesn’t work in the NFL. Play out 10 minutes of real football. Not this BS.

 

The K ball guaranteed more overtimes, more 55-yarders at triple-zero, more Alcoa Fantastic Finishes.
Instituted by the NFL in 1999 because it was believed kickers were fiddling with their balls.
More 'excitement' = more game = more advertising bucks for the league.

If I'm not mistaken, 'clocking' the ball (a bullshit announcer term I hate) in the final two minutes is not recorded as an incomplete pass in the QB's statistics.
I have to check on that (please don't jump my ass over it).

 

Overtime timeouts should be abolished.

 

Shitfuck

 

That they haven't brought back the 3 for 2.

 

All timeouts that are called must come from the field or the court. No more of this BS of the coach running down the sidelines as the play clock expires.

In college FB, no taking two or three TOs in a row to ice the kicker. One and done, like the NFL rule.

In college BB, no automatic and-one on a drive. Half the time there's no contact at all, or it's initiated by the driver.

 

I miss clean looking stadiums. Can't look anywhere at MLB parks and hockey arenas and not see a bunch of ads. TV even projects ads on the glass and ice that aren't there. I know, that's why they do it.

 

To be fair, garish ads in baseball stadiums have been the norm EXCEPT for the cookie-cutter 70s, an era which draws almost universal scorn.

 

I miss the huge Longines clocks that used to be in almost every MLB stadium.

 

Swatch > Longines

 

The endless cackling on studio shows. Dudes, you're not that funny.