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#PMT-2019-0123-18994
Big CatBig Cat

Fix NFL overtime by making both teams play their backup quarterbacks

College overtime, 25-yard line, everything's the same as college overtime... Only wrinkle, each team has to play their backup quarterback. Now we're getting, now we're creating jobs and the backup quarterback becomes a very important position. The minute you go to overtime, your starter can no longer play quarterback.

The NFL has never adopted this rule and likely never will.
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#PMT-2018-0625-13791
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Baseball should remove the catcher position for the first two strikes with no one on base

My idea was to just remove the catcher and put the catcher in the infield or the outfield against a batter when there's nobody on base for the first two strikes. Yeah, the umpire gets hit a few times with some fastballs or whatever, but you don't need a catcher. Like who cares if the game's delayed a little bit?

This is a radical rule change proposal that has never been seriously considered in professional baseball.
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#PMT-2018-0219-13113
Big CatBig Cat

NBA playoff seeding should be based on a team's record against the gambling spread

I like for playoff seeding, I think we should do instead of best record, it should be best record against the spread. Let everyone start actually playing for the spread. It would be unbelievable if teams are up by like seven and the spread's nine and they're just gunning.

The NBA has not adopted betting spreads as a seeding criterion.
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#PMT-2017-1227-10522
Big CatBig Cat

NFL replay should be fixed using a 'possession arrow' system from pickup basketball

I think they should just go to a straight pick up hoops thing where no one knows who hit the ball out, so it's like we get the next one. But any, like, controversial call, it's like, all right, you get it this time, we'll get it next time. That's good. I like that. Just keep trading it all year long.

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#PMT-2017-1113-2233
Big CatBig Cat

The NFL pylon rule is stupid and should be changed to a Quidditch-style hoop

I have a dumb question... why do pylons exist?... everyone keeps fumbling while reaching for the pylon... what they should do... They need to make them little like hoops that you can throw the ball into the hoop. And that counts as a touchdown... it's the safest play in football.

The NFL did not adopt Quidditch hoops as of the latest rules updates.
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#PMT-2017-1106-18445
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

NFL teams below .500 should be relegated to having Brock Osweiler as their quarterback

I think that any team in the NFL that finishes below .500 should be relegated to having Brock Osweiler as their quarterback for the next year. You have to overcome Brock to prove that you're ready to rejoin the big boys.

This is a satirical suggestion and did not happen.
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#PMT-2016-0810-5449
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The summer Olympics should include a 'Top Gun' style cockpit dogfighting competition

I've got dogfighting, except not dogs, like airplanes, like Top Gun... how amazing would that be if you have, like, cameras inside the cockpit... and the hard deck at 10,000 feet... qualifying person who finishes and last dies.

This is a satirical suggestion for an impossible Olympic sport.
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#PMT-2016-0801-14622
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Arnold Palmer was never actually a good golfer

I don't think Arnold Palmer was ever actually good. Have you seen that guy swing? Swings like my grandpa. I would kill that guy.

Hot TakeGolfScorchingSarcastic
Arnold Palmer is one of the greatest golfers of all time with 62 PGA Tour wins and 7 majors.
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#PMT-2016-0722-16028
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The NFL should implement the 'Romney Rule' requiring one white cornerback per team

There should also be a rule that says every team should have one defensive back that's a white guy... cornerbacks specifically because there are a lot of Eric Weddle types running around out there... we white people need to look at ourselves and say, are we doing enough to make a change in society?

The rule does not exist and the take is intended to be satirical social commentary.
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#PMT-2016-0620-15456
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Sports should wait until the end of the game to announce penalties

The USGA said that they weren't going to announce whether or not [Dustin Johnson] was going to be penalized until after his round was over, which is just a great rule. I wish more sports would incorporate something like this. Like if the NBA waited until the fourth quarter to be like, yeah, Steph's foot was on the line for that three-pointer in the first quarter. So we're going to take away one point. Anyone out there who's complaining about this rule is a bad Christian because you don't get to know if you're going to heaven until after you're dead.

Officiating rules are a matter of policy and opinion. The religious comparison is non-falsifiable humor.
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#PMT-2016-0523-7036
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Baseball should crowdsource balls and strikes via Twitter polls during games

You could crowdsource it... A pitch happens and then everybody responds on Twitter. Twitter poll. Strike or no? And then 51% carries the day and you get a strike or ball based on that. And then fans can't get mad at it because they only have themselves to blame.

This has never been implemented and would be a logistical nightmare, confirming its satirical nature.
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#PMT-2016-0504-9643
Big CatBig Cat

Steroid users should be allowed to use them as long as they don't work out

I think for steroids, you should be able to use them as long as you don't abuse them... If you use steroids, you can't lift any weights. This is the Pardon My Take 'use it, don't abuse it' rule. If you use it, stay out of the gym.

This is a comedic proposed rule change.