30 Foot Basketball, 1815 Lbs Football

[barts]

I don't watch NBA basketball games, because they're freak shows. The world's tallest people running around dropping balls in hoops. Where's the skill in a 7 footer doing a slam dunk?

I propose a rule change which would get me watching the NBA.

NEW RULE: At no time can the aggregate hieght of an NBA team exceed 30 feet.

With this rule, if a team wants to field two 7 foot players, they will have to have shorter players to meet the 30 foot rule. Maybe some dwarfs and midgets will find work in the NBA.

This rule will open up NBA basketball to a much broader group of players--those of normal height. (Yes, I know there are a few shorter players, but generally the tallest team wins.)

I would also have a rule for American football. The combined weight of team cannot exceed (11x165 lbs) or 1,815 lbs. Now skill matters and not mobile "Refrigerators."

With these rule changes the "freak" will be taken out of basketball and football.

Other sports such as boxing have classes based on physical size, why not basketball and football-American style?

[thebuescherman]

There's plenty of skill when the 7ft+ Yao Ming gets blocked by LeBron James who appears out of nowhere from some random part of the court.

YouTube - Lebron James Big Block On Yao Ming!! Cleveland Vs Houston!

Or when the 6'10'' Amare Stoudemire gets packed by Dwayne Wade who then proceeds to make a buzzer beater beyond half court.

YouTube - Dwayne Wade's Block and Half Court Shot

Don't get me started on players in the NFL not having skill. Those 250lbs players will run twice as fast as you for ten times longer. ;-)

But after taking all of that into account... it would be hilarious seeing Yao play with a team of midgets.