What sport do you think has gotten the furthest away from its roots?

[The 24th Letter]

I would have to say NFL football....IMO it has had the biggest overhaul out of them all w\ all the rule changes. What do you guys think?

[SPTO]

Re: What sport do you think has gotten the furthest away from its roots?

I'd say NFL football as well but not because they change the rules so much. That's actually one of the more progressive things any league has done. Every other league is too dinosauric to make rule changes that benefit the game.

It's a number of "safety" rules that get my goat. The QBs today are treated like chinaware. You can't even make a sack without possibly getting a roughing the passer call on you now. The most blatant example of how overprotective the league has been is the new definition of the rule that makes it illegal for a defender to put his full body weight on the QB.

I wish the rules were reverted back to about 1985. I'd be happy with that style of football.

[ProfessaPackMan]

Re: What sport do you think has gotten the furthest away from its roots?

Toss up for me between the NFL and NBA.

[TheTruth916]

Re: What sport do you think has gotten the furthest away from its roots?

I would have to say NFL as well

[Blzer]

Re: What sport do you think has gotten the furthest away from its roots?

I think off-court/field, basketball has changed the most. The personality of the sport has changed overall, as well as the "culture" of the sport. Now, as for the game itself, I honestly have no idea, but all of them, even hockey, have made considerable changes.

[OSUFan_88]

Re: What sport do you think has gotten the furthest away from its roots?

I would say the NBA.

Lack of hand checking and physically play in the NBA is stupid and boring.

[Brandon13]

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Eh, I guess the NFL. They protect the players a little too much nowadays, imo. I still love it, though.

[pfunk880]

Re: What sport do you think has gotten the furthest away from its roots?

NBA with the NFL close behind.

[bad_philanthropy]

Re: What sport do you think has gotten the furthest away from its roots?

Probably the NFL like others have said, but the NHL is a lot different since the inception of the trap, th game is way overcoached now and we are seeing less and less of players who play a specific type of game now. Now all the players coming into the league, skate fairly well, have good speed, know the angles, know the systems,it's very robotic.

Also they implemented that trapezoid behind the nets because some goalies played the puck too well and were able to stymie offensive opportunities all the time.

[joshuar9476]

Re: What sport do you think has gotten the furthest away from its roots?

Probably the NFL like others have said, but the NHL is a lot different since the inception of the trap, th game is way overcoached now and we are seeing less and less of players who play a specific type of game now. Now all the players coming into the league, skate fairly well, have good speed, know the angles, know the systems,it's very robotic.

Also they implemented that trapezoid behind the nets because some goalies played the puck too well and were able to stymie offensive opportunities all the time.

just turn it to the NHL channel on satellite and watch NHL games in the 50's, 60's, hell even the 70's and 80's. there are goalies blocking puck with no facemask, no couch cushions for pads, and the players are skating around with their locks flapping in the breeze. not to mention the fact that the goons have been removed from the game, thus lowering the number of brawls (not really a bad thing).

now granted, football has also made a lot of equipment changes as well. but my vote goes to hockey. i can't even watch it anymore.

[Cebby]

Re: What sport do you think has gotten the furthest away from its roots?

College football by far. Of major sports, I don't even think this is arguable.

[MassNole]

Re: What sport do you think has gotten the furthest away from its roots?

Major League Lacrosse and this isn't even a debate if we are looking at the roots of the sport. Such as being an Indian game of war with mile long fields and frequent deaths on the field.

[pfunk880]

Re: What sport do you think has gotten the furthest away from its roots?

Major League Lacrosse and this isn't even a debate if we are looking at the roots of the sport. Such as being an Indian game of war with mile long fields and frequent deaths on the field.

[KingV2k3]

Re: What sport do you think has gotten the furthest away from its roots?

They used to have a jump ball after every basket in Naismith's days...

And no shot clock...

[superjames1992]

Re: What sport do you think has gotten the furthest away from its roots?

College football by far. Of major sports, I don't even think this is arguable.

I love college football, but I agree with this statement. It has went from an amateur game with no passing and low scores with smashmouth football back when Rutgers and some Ivy League school played the first game in 1869 to a spread offense, pass-heavy, money-generating league in the present with a BCS system that replaced the old bowl system, ect.