More Ways to Improve the Rules
After my first blog, I figured I would get a bunch of e-mails saying, “Those rules are terrible, you idiot!” And I did, but not as many as I expected.
I actually got a bunch of ideas for rule changes in other sports/competitions. So being the cool guy that I am, I will share some of the better ones and even give credit to people who sent them.
We should allow loud, raucous crowd noise while golfers are taking their shots.
–Ryan, Woburn, Mass.
I love this idea! Talk about focus. Imagine one of those random scrubs who all of a sudden ends up having the round of his career at a major trying to sink a crucial birdie while the crowd chants “Ti-ger’s Bet-ter” (clap, clap, clap clap clap!).
I know that bowling is not really a sport, but how much
better would it be if the pins were set up differently each time the
bowler had to roll?
- Paul, Billerica, Mass.
Bravo! I might actually watch that garbage if it was challenging. And what’s more challenging than trying to bowl a strike when the pins are set up in a circle or resembling the letter “N”?
If they really want to make American Idol the ultimate competition, they should make it so that the losers are forced to never sing again and pick a different career.
- Tina, Salem, N.H.
That’s it right there! Talk about do or die. That would make the results show actually worth watching and that dramatic pause Ryan Seacrest does not annoying. Imagine the breakdown we would’ve witnessed after the Kris Allen upset? Adam Lambert would’ve either cried like a 4-year-old girl who lost her favorite doll or reenacted the Mike Tyson-Evander Holyfield ear-bite fight.
Please, keep the ideas coming. You can e-mail me at Ramiro@jamn945.com.
On another note, now that we’re sure that Sammy Sosa took steroids (thank you, New York Times), can we please stop the stupid “I need to see the proof” game when something is completely obvious? The only evidence I needed to know he cheated was my eyes. The guy was my size when he entered the league and gained 30 pounds of muscle as he got older, as opposed to 30 pounds of gut.
He joins Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Manny Ramirez on what I like to call the “Benjamin Button Team.”
But I’m not hatin’ though. If most of the league was on the juice, then they just did what superstars are supposed to do, which is outwork the average players. In this case, outwork meant ingesting the more potent stuff.
They’re competitors — that’s what they do. I’m almost mad at Ken Griffey Jr. for not taking the stuff (or if he did, taking the wrong stuff). He should be in the prime of his career right now, having baseball’s first 70-70 season. Instead, he’s doing what average guys in their late 30s do, getting fatter and slower. Apparently, he just doesn’t want it bad enough.
Thanks for reading.
About the Author
Ramiro graduated from the New England Institute of Art. In addition to contributing on-air to Granite City Electric Red Sox Final on NESN, he is the host of Jam'n 94.5's "The Ramiro and Pebbles Morning Show" and the nationally syndicated "Weekend Top 30 Countdown."