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"Elimination occurs when you are thrown over the top rope and both feet touch the floor. The last man in the ring will be declared the winner of the Royal Rumble and will advance to the main event of Wrestlemania."
"If NBA teams played under FIBA rules with Euroleague refs and in Euroleague arenas, that 90% win rate would drop below 50%."
"Varan is offside? He's not relevant; he's not in play."
"The NFL has approved two big rule changes that are going to change the way the game is played and how it looks."
"What we want is accuracy in decisions, which is what we've called for all these years, then we should persist with it."
"Bad decisions happen, V needs to be completely looked at."
"The new wrinkle is that even if the first team to possess the ball scores a touchdown, the other team gets a chance to answer."
"You got to earn your way in, I don't like all this other, you know, top eight everybody else go home."
"This match is not an elimination, it is one fall to a finish."
"Offensive holding should be five yards, just five."
"It's not over when the clock runs out... Every time he gets 10 yards, he gets another point."
"Can you say that's a natural position if it's out like that? I'm not sure."
"He's gonna have to lose two entire sets in order to be eliminated from the tournament."
"I don't even think it's a yellow. Oh, you don't? No, no, no, because if I kick you in the head, it's a red card. If someone's grabbing my foot, it's gonna hurt."
"Remember the shot clock was still at 35 seconds in 2000."
"That's a red card every day of the week and Sunday. It's dangerous, it's reckless, whether it's intentional or not."
"The referee has ruled this bout a double disqualification."
"That's got to be a penalty, it is a penalty."
"Kenny Omega doesn't have to get pinned to lose this championship."
"That's a blatant red. You've got to send him off for that."
"What the flag did was robbed us of an opportunity to see the Eagles answer."
"Red flag and crucially Hamilton got that lap back."
"Biological males should not compete in women's sports."
"I don't see how you can book a center forward for trying to tap the ball into an empty net. How can you book him for that?"
"Basketball with no rules is just throwing a ball at a hoop."
"It's a clean tackle or a bad tackle; if you break a player's leg, it's a clear red."
"The rules have certainly changed... it's definitely more of a passing oriented game."
"None of those letters were remotely legible okay so what should have happened this is the correct call would have been for them to lose three points and we lose one point."
"What has never been viewed fondly is the single most despised policy that NASCAR has ever implemented: the yellow line rule."
"A collision which stopped the run... need to assess fault from the judges."
"I think finishing first should guarantee you going to Athens and even having a really big advantage in the finals."
"No game should be decided by one single moment."
"They're just checking it, but the goal does not stand."
"Privilege is mine and Katie lovely Todd oh is it the post that would have been a great goal he spun his man like a fidget spinner."
"The only reason VAR should be used is for major injustices."
"What if the referee misses a red card? They can always go back and do that after the game."
"Nothing in the rulebook that says this squad can't give it an honest try."
"It's not clear and obvious. They're contradicting their own stupid rules."
"Baseball is wrong; man cannot walk with four balls."
"We need some kind of rule system that is added to consistently in strongman... it's important that we get these calls as right as possible."
"The ropes can't hold you up. It should've been a knockdown because the ropes can't hold you up."
"Blount was so good and so physical with receivers off the line, the NFL changed the rules."
"What's a bad rule? Taunting. We should be able to taunt the other player. We're in the professional organization. We should be able to taunt."
"Removing the penalty is not going to make the game change, it's gonna make it way more entertaining."
"One fight per game, hockey style, how electric would that be, dude?"
"The new point system for the Super Motocross World Championship is unbelievable."
"If it's a red card challenge, I don't care if it's the final game of the season against the two main protagonists. If it's a red card, it's a red card."
"After just a week and a half of play, the new baseball rules seem to be working as the average game time is down more than half an hour from last season." - NTD's Dave Martin
"These decisions, again Formula One now I feel like either because they've put all these rules to make it more entertaining."
"Literally just published... top 400 meter sprinters ruled ineligible."
"The best solution to correct all the mistakes is a red card."
"The quick whistle prevented Gilmore from scoring a touchdown."
"Are we won it last year so we can't win it again. How stupid is that?"
"Whether it's accidental or not, people are going, 'It's soft, this, that, and the other.' Did it hit his hand? Yes. Was his hand outstretched? Yes. For me, that's a handball."
"It's not unlucky, it's the rules. If you're offside, you're offside."
"Agree that group should be done away if you're fourth in the group but sixth in the overall standings, you are better and absolutely should get to continue."
"For those of you guys that don't understand skeet, we will explain the rules later, but I am ready to get rock and rolling."
"MLB is trying to implement new rules to address the issue."
"Why have a cap at all if we're always giving people bonus blood points?"
"Even in a game where the physical skills are at a minimum, there is a separation of the biological sexes."
"It's not a question of protecting the trans community, it's a question of establishing common sense rules."
"As long as it's all used for low blows, cuts, and all those types of things, that's what you need it for."
"Well, Shannon, he didn't pull his pants down, he didn't pull his jersey off, so therefore it can't be a foul."
"I'm stunned. I just don't get it. How is it not a penalty if it hits your hand direct, but it is a penalty if it deflects off your leg and hits your hand? Incredible."
"For every flag not cleared the driver is charged a point."
"Once a ref blows their whistle, they're never gonna change their mind."
"As drivers, when you see incidents like that... are you left scratching your heads as to, well what the hell are we supposed to do if we get a five-second penalty for that?"
"The driving force that's caused passing numbers to creep higher and higher each year since 1978 has undoubtedly been rule changes."
"If he's doing all that to get the fouls, y'all can't be calling the fouls either."
"I think they should get rid of the offside challenge."
"One thing I would say is I do kind of get Max's point... if in Brazil they told you it was fine and you do it again and then you get a penalty you've got every right to be a bit miffed about it."
"Tackling is actually rewarded by the defender recovering, making another tackle."
"You can't have it both ways, it's either a foul or it's not a foul."
"Thomas Partey's red card... we have played the last three games with 10 men."
"Why would you cheat that? Wait, ruling of Dickens. No, and he had his head up. You have to put your head down. You got to put your head down."
"...the rules of wrestling say if you throw a guy over the top rope you're disqualified so the 20-man Battle Royal would have 19 winners because the guy got thrown over the top row."
"...from 50 yards out I didn't even know you were allowed to shoot from the halfway line."
"Now up to five shortcuts now, so one more, we've got a drive-through penalty, so you need to stay right away from the curb."
"The next foul will be one and one for Florida State."
"I think the rules for pool have become way too easy. It's made the game really easy for a lot of guys, and I don't think that helps for TV."
"If our player does a foul in this area, then a free hit can be given."
"I love the double standards of origin, where they officiate differently and there's more leniency on decisions."
"Kickoff return rules, I like it. I like it to just see something different."
"The overriding principle of rules in women's lacrosse is that it's essentially a non-contact game."
"It's a race to 13 games, the player must win by two games."
"The palpably unfair act rule allows the referee to award a team a touchdown if a palpably unfair act has occurred on the field."
"Damage is the number one thing that should sway a fight because it's fighting."
"The NFL has announced they may adopt the XFL's current kickoff model for the 2024 season."
"Black ball rules are a great set at any standard."
"Right of way with Great Britain here, Australia must keep clear."
"Learning the rules of roller derby is one of the biggest things you can do to become a better player."
"Every key rule which has been mainstays in the Big Three: first team to 50 wins, no game clock, and of course the four-point shot."
"The commissioner of baseball, Fay Vincent, who came out very vocally against the designated hitter."
"There's no joint manipulation in fights, no ears, no nose manipulation, no nips, no fingers, no toes, nothing like that."
"The gold medal should never ever be decided by a shootout."
"All games to 11, got to win by two."
"Everything has been geared towards the shooter, all the rules changes was to create more offense."
"If teams are equal on points, then they get ranked by percentage."
"Walks should be penalized, walks are no fun for us to take in as a fan, and they should penalize you as a pitcher."
"The legendary finish caused a rule change in playoff overtime that requires both teams to possess the ball even if one team scores a touchdown on their opening drive."