Rewriting the rules: 14 regulations we'd like to change
— -- Fortunately for Dustin Johnson, the controversial penalty levied against him at the U.S. Open earlier this month didn't cost him his first major championship. Several of Johnson's competitors even jumped to his defense and criticized the ruling and how it was handled by the USGA.
Golf, of course, isn't the only game with a rulebook that isn't universally embraced. So we asked ESPN experts in 14 sports to each rewrite one misguided regulation.
NFL
The No. 1 rule to change in the NFL? Easy. Let's fix the catch rule. It's not as easy as it might seem, but there is still no reason to have weekly occurrences of plays that defy the eye test. A player who secures the ball and is not out of bounds should be credited with a catch. If league executives are worried that it will open vulnerable receivers to legal head shots -- because they lose "defenseless player" status after making a catch -- then they should outlaw all hits to the head, period.
-- Kevin Seifert
Golf
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