COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Create a 4-team playoff that incorporates BCS bowl games. Continue using the current system for all other bowls.
No more bowls can be added. We have more than enough already.
No automatic bids to the BCS for conference champions of “major” conferences. We could see Cincinnati or Pitt and Maryland making the BCS this year!
No automatic bids for non-power conference teams, like Utah. The Boise State upset over Oklahoma was a great story, but unlikely to happen every year.
Bids will be selected by a committee, not computers.
The Rose Bowl will always have a Big 10-Pac 10 matchup.
Injury Reports must be released to the general public, just like the NFL.
Joe Paterno must either start coaching again or retire. 
Add the 2 minute warning, like in the NFL.
Start conference rivalries for non-conference games, like the Big 10/ACC Challenge in basketball. You could change it every year so it would be Big 10 vs SEC then Big 10 vs Big 12. This way we don’t have to watch meaningless games in September.
Change the overtime rules, and make the offense start with the ball at the 50. I don’t like how a team starts already in field goal range. It distorts the game. Each team would still get a shot with the ball though.
NFL
Only 3 preseason games.
Only 1 week in between the AFC/NFC Championship games and the Super Bowl.
No more games in London.
No more penalties or fines for touchdown celebrations.
NFL
Only 3 preseason games.
Only 1 week in between the AFC/NFC Championship games and the Super Bowl.
No more games in London.
No more penalties or fines for touchdown celebrations.
Al Davis must retire or Die.
Michael Vick and Pacman Jones banned for life. 
Guaranteed Contracts.
No more coaching challenges. All replays will be instigated by a replay official in the booth.
Change the overtime rules to the new college system I proposed above.
Los Angeles must get a franchise.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Lengthen the first round series to 7 games. ( Not because I’m bitter about the Cubs)
Shorten season to 125 games. Begin playoffs in late August.
Division teams will play same opponents in interleague play. It’s not fair if the Cubs play New York and Boston if St. Louis is playing Toronto and Baltimore.
Managers will shake each others hand at the end of each series, not after each game though.
Lengthen the first round series to 7 games. ( Not because I’m bitter about the Cubs)
Shorten season to 125 games. Begin playoffs in late August.
Division teams will play same opponents in interleague play. It’s not fair if the Cubs play New York and Boston if St. Louis is playing Toronto and Baltimore.
Managers will shake each others hand at the end of each series, not after each game though.
Don’t start the season in Japan.
Pete Rose inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Ron Santo to the Hall of Fame.
No DH.
Tampa Bay must play games outside and certainly not in the dump of a stadium they call Tropicana Field.
Tampa Bay must play games outside and certainly not in the dump of a stadium they call Tropicana Field.
A true salary cap.
Mark Cuban is allowed the own the Cubs.
Mark Cuban is allowed the own the Cubs.
The record book will have a special section for years 1998-2005.
All Star Game is no longer worth home field advantage in the World Series. Go by best record.
NBA
Cut NBA 1st round to 5 games.
Shorten breaks in between playoff games so playoffs do not last as long.
Cut NBA 1st round to 5 games.
Shorten breaks in between playoff games so playoffs do not last as long.
NHL
Eliminate one-fourth of the teams.
Move teams like Florida, Dallas, and Tampa Bay to Canada.
No teams will be south of St. Louis.
Knock out the 1st round of the playoffs.
Eliminate one-fourth of the teams.
Move teams like Florida, Dallas, and Tampa Bay to Canada.
No teams will be south of St. Louis.
Knock out the 1st round of the playoffs.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Kelvin Sampson is banned for life.
Kelvin Sampson is banned for life.
Bob Knight must coach somewhere next season. 
Double amount of teams in the tournament and get rid of the NIT.
Regular Season conference champion and the conference tournament champ gets automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
ALL SPORTS/ MISC.
Lower ticket prices.
Lower beer and food prices.
College athletes can transfer to other D-1 schools without sitting out 1 year.
Minnesota can never build another stadium without a roof. No one wants to watch Gopher football in late November outside, especially since Iowa always plays Minnesota at the end of the year!
You can now cheer in the press box.
No more stadiums have company or business naming rights.
You can put names on the back of college jerseys that you buy in stores and on their jerseys in video games. Everyone knows who #47 on Iowa is so just put his name on there!
Athletes and coaches can never answer a question with, “We’re going to play 1 game at a time” or “We’re going to play hard.”
Mandatory drug testing for all sports every week.
All contracts must have a team option for the following year so players have to earn their money. You can still have long-term deals. The team just has the option of picking it up the following year.
Fewer TV timeouts.
Referees and Umpires must now hold post game press conferences.
Referees and Umpires will be fined for bad calls.
Lower ticket prices.
Lower beer and food prices.
College athletes can transfer to other D-1 schools without sitting out 1 year.
Minnesota can never build another stadium without a roof. No one wants to watch Gopher football in late November outside, especially since Iowa always plays Minnesota at the end of the year!
You can now cheer in the press box.
No more stadiums have company or business naming rights.
You can put names on the back of college jerseys that you buy in stores and on their jerseys in video games. Everyone knows who #47 on Iowa is so just put his name on there!
Athletes and coaches can never answer a question with, “We’re going to play 1 game at a time” or “We’re going to play hard.”
Mandatory drug testing for all sports every week.
All contracts must have a team option for the following year so players have to earn their money. You can still have long-term deals. The team just has the option of picking it up the following year.
Fewer TV timeouts.
Referees and Umpires must now hold post game press conferences.
Referees and Umpires will be fined for bad calls.
Alcohol sold in college venues.
No more expansion in any sports, unless teams are eliminated first.
CHANGES FOR SPORTS ON TV
No playoff games will start after 7 pm central time.
No baseball playoff games in the afternoon. Put them on different channels so all games at are 7:00.
No Poker on ESPN.
No in-game coaches interviews like in MLB and the NBA do.
No halftime coaches interviews. They are too cliché, and nothing worthwhile comes from them. We now they are “going to make some changes and come back and play in the second half.”
No more sideline reporters, except for Erin Andrews. She will in fact do all games involving the University of Iowa.
No more 3-man broadcast teams. Vin Scully is the best there ever will be, and he flies solo.
Local TV announcers can announce their team’s playoff games. No one wants to hear FOX announcers spout off useless information about teams they think they know about.
No Blackout Rules.
No playoff games will start after 7 pm central time.
No baseball playoff games in the afternoon. Put them on different channels so all games at are 7:00.
No Poker on ESPN.
No in-game coaches interviews like in MLB and the NBA do.
No halftime coaches interviews. They are too cliché, and nothing worthwhile comes from them. We now they are “going to make some changes and come back and play in the second half.”
No more sideline reporters, except for Erin Andrews. She will in fact do all games involving the University of Iowa.
No more college football games on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. It’s just weird.
Shows like 1st and 10, PTI, and Around the Horn must debate different sports topics throughout the day.
Kornheiser and Wilbon will be on every episode of PTI.
Shows like 1st and 10, PTI, and Around the Horn must debate different sports topics throughout the day.
Kornheiser and Wilbon will be on every episode of PTI.
Local TV announcers can announce their team’s playoff games. No one wants to hear FOX announcers spout off useless information about teams they think they know about.
No Blackout Rules.
Finally, the Cubs will win a World Series in my lifetime. If needed, Major League Baseball will fix the season so the Cubs do. It will not be discovered that it was fixed until after I die. That way, I never find out and can die happy. I would even settle for a Iowa Hawkeye National Championship!
Let's here what everyone thinks about some other changes that need to be made in sports!
3 comments:
Totally agree about local announcers doing playoff games. I was robbed of a Hawk and DJ World Series.
You gotta keep the DH though. Who the hell wants to watch a pitcher do a couple of limp wristed swings before striking out?
Minnesota can't have a roof. The Sox have lost way to many games in the hell hole known as the metrodome.
And thank you for demanding Pete Rose be in the Hall. He didn't throw any games, he just bet on himself. What is so wrong with that? He's one of the top 10 ever and I stand by that. I'd also add that Shoeless Joe Jackson should be put in the Hall as well. There is no proof that he threw the game with the other black sox, and he batted over three hundred during the series and had no errors.
any post with Erin Andrews deserves a comment!
This is my biggest wish:
Pre Season NFL games should be treated like Exhibition games, played in other stadiums through out the country. Can you imagine an NFL game in Kinnick? Amazing!!!
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