10 Things I Would Like to See In 2010

10. All professional athletes in their rookie year be issued 22 caliber paint ball guns.

Why:

• If you accidentally shoot yourself, you can still play the next day.
• If you pull it out on your team-mate, the whole team can join in, it will help the team to come together.
• The equipment manager is the only one to suffer.

9. In the NBA, a team must pass the ball a minimum of 4 times before a shot can be taken.

Why:

• I can see 1 on 1 basketball at the playground.
• I'm tired of watching the other 4 players sending twitter messages while the action is taking place.
• So I can make my 10 year old understand why HE should pass the ball
  

8. New steroid rule in Major League Baseball: If you test positive once, your next 200 at bats you must use a wiffle ball bat. The skinny yellow ones, not the fat red ones.

Why:

• Duh !

7. NFL quarterbacks wear red pinnies during games, and can't be touched.

Why:

• The rules are to hard to understand now, no one knows what you can and can't do,
• This would make it easier for everyone,
• Besides there are only a couple of good ones left, we can't afford to have them get hurt.

6. Bring back the traveling call in the NBA.

Why:

• No matter how good of an athlete you are, it is physically impossible to stop your dribble at half court and still shoot a lay up......
• It would also help with number 9, above.

5. No more articles, editorials, blogs, forums, or tweets about professional athlete's salaries.

Why:

• We all make more money than we did in 1956.
• If you have ever turned down a raise, because you thought you already made enough money, you are exempt from this rule.

4. No professional sporting event should be allowed to start after 7 pm east coast time

Why:

• Believe it or not, there are still a couple of KIDS who would like to be able to stay up and watch an entire game.
• Also, we may have more corporate sponsors geared toward the juvenile market.
• And less corporate sponsors concerned with your ability to urinate properly,
• Or your ability to please your partner.
• If your up at 11:00 pm watching a pro sport, your ability to please your partner is already in jeopardy.

3. We (as fans) should not have to read about who a pro athlete is dating....

Why:

• They already get to play a sport that we tried and failed,
• And get paid more money than we will ever see to do it.
• Do we also need to have the fact that they are dating a super model rubbed in our faces.
• It does however, give us someone else to blame when they mess up. Damn you, Jessica Simpson !!!!!!!

2. Pro athletes should be allowed to celebrate however they want, in under 5 minutes.

Why:

• I just paid $767.37 for my family to see a football game, I want all the entertainment I can get.
• Lion's fans should appreciate this.

1. Pete Rose be inducted into the Hall of Fame, no asterisks or anything, other than his bust.

Why:

• No one plays any sport, with the passion and pride that he did.
• He took out a catcher in the All Star game, come on !
• He gambled, most of us have done that.
• However, most of us have never taken drugs, beat our wives, used steroids, shot ourselves, shot a friend, shot the butler, or shot the moon, well at least some of us haven't.

Enough is enough, put the HIT KING,

CHARLIE HUSTLE in the Hall........