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Author Topic: Changes that really impacted the game.  (Read 3154 times)

muwarrior69

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Changes that really impacted the game.
« on: February 14, 2019, 06:14:50 AM »
1. The most impactful change was when the American Basketball Association introduced the 3 pt basket.
2. The DH in the American league
3. Moving the goal post off the the goal line to the back of the end zone, I may be wrong but I think the goal post is not as wide as it once was. Also the forward pass.

I am sure there are others.
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Re: Changes that really impacted the game.
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2019, 07:56:46 AM »
The wheel
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Re: Changes that really impacted the game.
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2019, 08:21:07 AM »
Being able to come back into a game after being subbed out in basketball
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Re: Changes that really impacted the game.
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2019, 08:22:58 AM »
Actual hoops rather than peach baskets.

Lowering the pitching mound.

Banning Ners again.
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Re: Changes that really impacted the game.
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2019, 09:53:52 AM »
Quote from: MU82 on February 14, 2019, 08:22:58 AM
Actual hoops rather than peach baskets.

Cutting a hole in the bottom of the peach basket was a big idea.  They used to need a ladder to get the ball after someone scored.  There also used to be a jump ball after every made basket.  Dribbling was also big.  Originally the only way to move the ball was via a pass.
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Re: Changes that really impacted the game.
« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2019, 11:05:30 AM »
Television broadcasts/contracts
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Re: Changes that really impacted the game.
« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2019, 11:09:35 AM »
The forward pass
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Re: Changes that really impacted the game.
« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2019, 11:26:18 AM »
Quote from: muwarrior69 on February 14, 2019, 06:14:50 AM
1. The most impactful change was when the American Basketball Association introduced the 3 pt basket.
2. The DH in the American league
3. Moving the goal post off the the goal line to the back of the end zone, I may be wrong but I think the goal post is not as wide as it once was. Also the forward pass.

I am sure there are others.


I think the illegal contact rule, which doesn't exist in college or high school, changed the NFL more than the goalposts.  Players used to be able to contact the receiver all the way down the field until the pass was in the air.

I also think allowing offensive linemen to use their hands changed the game in a similar manner.
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Re: Changes that really impacted the game.
« Reply #8 on: February 14, 2019, 11:32:24 AM »
Titanium drivers and ProV1 golf balls. 
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Re: Changes that really impacted the game.
« Reply #9 on: February 14, 2019, 12:12:30 PM »
Going from leather to molded plastic helmets.

Oh wait - that didn't help much....
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Re: Changes that really impacted the game.
« Reply #10 on: February 14, 2019, 02:56:36 PM »
Quote from: MU82 on February 14, 2019, 08:22:58 AM
Actual hoops rather than peach baskets.

Lowering the pitching mound.

Banning Ners again.

Lowering the mound was the first thing I thought of. Most people do not understand the effect of that change.

Biggest change in basketball was widening the lane in an attempt to stop Wilt from dominating. Without that change, big back-to-the-basket centers would still be the rage.
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Re: Changes that really impacted the game.
« Reply #11 on: February 14, 2019, 03:14:10 PM »
Quote from: CTWarrior on February 14, 2019, 09:53:52 AM
Cutting a hole in the bottom of the peach basket was a big idea.  They used to need a ladder to get the ball after someone scored. 

Thank you Bo Ryan!
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Re: Changes that really impacted the game.
« Reply #12 on: February 14, 2019, 03:17:50 PM »
Racial integration

Two line pass in hockey

Instant replay

Wildcard in baseball and football

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Re: Changes that really impacted the game.
« Reply #13 on: February 14, 2019, 03:24:57 PM »
Quote from: tower912 on February 14, 2019, 11:32:24 AM
Titanium drivers and ProV1 golf balls. 

Was going to post the ProV1.
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Re: Changes that really impacted the game.
« Reply #14 on: February 14, 2019, 06:50:56 PM »
Baseball free agency.
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Re: Changes that really impacted the game.
« Reply #15 on: February 14, 2019, 10:27:00 PM »
Shot clock
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Re: Changes that really impacted the game.
« Reply #16 on: February 14, 2019, 10:42:44 PM »
Lou Holtz slobbering on national tv. Eewwwww
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Re: Changes that really impacted the game.
« Reply #17 on: February 15, 2019, 04:08:04 AM »
12 round cap in boxing.
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Re: Changes that really impacted the game.
« Reply #18 on: February 15, 2019, 05:05:21 AM »
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Re: Changes that really impacted the game.
« Reply #19 on: February 15, 2019, 05:21:52 AM »
Roids/Juice/Candy
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Re: Changes that really impacted the game.
« Reply #20 on: February 15, 2019, 06:25:20 AM »
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Re: Changes that really impacted the game.
« Reply #21 on: February 15, 2019, 11:14:18 AM »
Allowing color in baseball
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Re: Changes that really impacted the game.
« Reply #22 on: February 15, 2019, 11:23:40 AM »
Halco Poppers

Whacked more giant trevally on those than anything else.

A 100 pound fish hitting one is like an explosion.
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Re: Changes that really impacted the game.
« Reply #23 on: February 15, 2019, 04:57:34 PM »
Quote from: Jon on February 15, 2019, 11:14:18 AM
Allowing color in baseball

Easy there, Marge Schott.
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Re: Changes that really impacted the game.
« Reply #24 on: February 15, 2019, 05:18:41 PM »
Quote from: ZiggysFryBoy on February 15, 2019, 04:57:34 PM
Easy there, Marge Schott.

Her color was brown. St Bernard sh1t brown
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Re: Changes that really impacted the game.
« Reply #25 on: February 15, 2019, 05:22:45 PM »
                 

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