Rewrite necessary

No, this is not a comment on the quality of this blog.

This is an open plea to the rules committees of the major pro (and some college) sports to EITHER direct their referees to enforce their respective rules as written, OR to change them to reflect actual intent.

The way things are currently done feel like selective enforcement, and give observers of these sports opportunities to think that more is wrong is these sprots than perhaps actually is.

My pleas:

NFL and NCAA Football - holding - if another announcer says, "well, you can call holding on any play" and league officials don't understand why players, teams and viewers get frustrated with referees, then they lack some basic understanding of psychology and cause-and-effect.

NBA - travelling - yes, Michael Jordan was an amazing basketball player. No, his athletic ability did not justify completely ignoring a rule.

MLB - batter makes no attmpt to avoid hit by pitch (see 6.08b(2)) - Sorry Craig Biggio, sticking your elbow into a fastball doesn't make you a hero, and it was never meant to award you first base. Don't get me started on Bonds' armor.

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