Enough with the slide show
Baseball is a great game
Watching can be less stressful than other sports (excluding playoffs).
With many breaks in the game, you can talk and relax a little while watching – you don’t have to keep your eyes on the action all the time.
I wonder if a few changes to the TV broadcast would improve the viewing experience.
When watching on TV, it sometimes seems that I am watching a slide show of close-up pictures of players, coaches, fans.
I wonder if changing the view a little less would be better – how about a view of the infield including the pitcher and catcher as a standard view while waiting for the next pitch?
You could change it up by including the outfield.
Maybe it would simulate the live experience better – where you can look at what you want to.
Or we could change the live experience to match TV by requiring all fans in the stadium to look at the same thing.
Should we get rid of extra points?
Do we really want extra points in football?
It seems that they are nothing but trouble – very stressful in critical times.
When they are made, it’s no big deal.
When they are missed at a critical time, they can put an end to an exciting game.
Picture a game winning touchdown drive to potentially tie the game.
Extra point is missed – game over.
DO WE WANT A GAME TO END LIKE THAT?
Increasing the distance of the extra point does not help.
Extra points don’t even have their own name – like Touchdown, Field goal, Safety – just called Extra point.
So how about if we get rid of them altogether – we’ll just have to decide if a touchdown is 6 or 7 points.
I think we will all enjoy football more without them.
Let’s play outside
Football games played in rain, snow, cold, mud are more fun to watch than indoor games.
Indoor stadiums have the same conditions – perfect weather, perfect field conditions – BORING!
With all the preparations teams do, it’s nice to have a part of the game that is unknown and cannot be totally prepared for.
How about an Extreme rule change:
Allow teams to customize their fields – add dirt ( water?) to the middle of the field – maybe between the 40s.
Scroll bar blues
I can’t stand the scrolling information bar on the bottom of my TV screen when watching sports.
I see the same information over and over and over.
I don’t want to see it.
When buying a TV, a few inches costs a lot of money – I want to view the game on these precious few inches.
When I mention this to friends, they say OK and move on – somehow they get over it.
AM I ALONE?
I thought about attaching something to the bottom of my TV so I don’t have to see it.
How about a plastic frame – how will I make it – how do I keep it on the TV?
Maybe we need a 2nd monitor that shows scores and information.
Maybe my TV should have an adjustment to black out the bottom of the screen – yeah that sounds good.
Maybe I should complain to someone – but who?
Maybe I should just STOP LOOKING AT IT – ok – no I can’t – hey I’ve seen that score before – ABOUT 100 TIMES!
Now – what did I just miss
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