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PG Canuck said:
One of the main reasons I really fell in love for baseball is for the fact you can’t run a clock out. You could be up 9-3, but you still have to get 27 outs instead of time wasting.

Football makes me pull my hair out just for this alone.
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You mean the NFL, or did you mean soccer?
 
PG Canuck said:
NFL.

Euro football does the same thing though.
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Soccer is just so bad sometimes. Team could be up 1-0, and be parking the bus and you automatically know there will be the predictable routine of watching the turtling team take a shitload of dives or go down feigning cramps at the 75th minute. It's agonizing and a reason why I will turn off my TV.

Refs are supposed to tack on time at the end but sometimes just add the bare minimum.
 
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WTG said:
Is college American football that much better than the NFL? American football is just slow. That's the issue with the sport. It's three and a half hours, and the clock only runs for 60 minutes. This means that there are like 2 hours of nothing happening. Baseball games, in contrast, last 2:42 minutes, and they've tried to shorten the game length.
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i don't know. like i said, i don't understand it. it seems like chaos to me.

i am fully convinced it exists though.
 
andora said:
I didn't mean it in a corrective type of way it was more coming across as inquisitive as it would be interesting for instance a poll to see how many people would like that type of rule change. Just a simple yes or no without delving into what it improves or doesn't.
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yeah, no actual posters were annoyed during this exchange.

i don't really have an opinion on whether the changes are good or bad until i watch them in action.
 
krutovsdonut said:
yeah, no actual posters were annoyed during this exchange.

i don't really have an opinion on whether the changes are good or bad until i watch them in action.
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yeah for sure :).. but i find that interesting as it wouldn't be a rule that 'plays out' in a game situation, it's pretty static. starting the next game short handed, i'm not sure what insight could be gained from watching that one.

i mean you could see how the ends of games transfer into a simple run the clock out scenario more than it is now, and for longer, provided it's a 2+ goal differential - but transformations like that could take some time. could also see a trailing team let off the gas a bit being concerned over penalties.

Jerry the great said:
Has Morgan Rielly been arrested yet?
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don't speculate

an arrest will be announced with due process and investigation conclusion. don't name names
 
Egghead1999 said:
The 3x3 shows us that the coach will find a way to play it safe in the end (remember 3x3 was good at first), I believe the only solution is a 3pts system. regular / OT winner - 3 pts, SO winner - 2 pts, Loser in OT / SO - 1 pt.
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Three points for a regulation win has been proven not to work and this is why it was unanimously voted down by all the GM's in the league.
A lead going into the third encourages teams to play defense the whole period when there is three points at stake.

PG Canuck said:
He’s being buried under the jail as we speak
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Eddie Shore would put a stop to that.
 
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LuckyDay said:
Three points for a regulation win has been proven not to work and this is why it was unanimously voted down by all the GM's in the league.
A lead going into the third encourages teams to play defense the whole period when there is three points at stake.
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Not trying to challenge you but curious how that would be true. Shouldn't teams still be playing defense the whole period when there are 2 points on the line? Are they trying to go for style points on the win instead of securing two points?
 
Vector said:
Tangentially related to the NHL but it's good to know that Fanatics is also producing a terrible product for other leagues.

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Fanatics has been good for fans in the sense that we now have zero reason to feel guilty over buying off-brand jerseys... they'll probably be better quality than what the official shops are putting out nowadays. I'd say the company is a blight to sports but owners made their own beds in an effort to save a few bucks. So screw them, rather send the money directly to Chinese manufacturers or buy a generic jersey in a Costco blowout.
 
Mayers might be the dumbest man on TV just from today alone. First with his Reilly suspension take and then saying the Oilers would avoid a tough 1st round matchup if we had the old 1-8 format. They'd get the Avs in the 1st round if it started today..

Gasdik/Mayers combo is ear poison. I feel bad for David Amber having to work with them.
 
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