Comments on: Five Things in Sports That Make Absolutely No Sense

By: bryan

bryan — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:32:46 +0000

Offsides are necessary in soccer. otherwise the defence will not push forward, and there would be no fast breaks

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 22:33:17 +0000

Only 2 of these are rules. I’ve been lied to.

By: Snake Snake

Snake Snake — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:31:27 +0000

And considering that offsides in hockey does end once you get over the blue line….

By: Arthur Dent

Arthur Dent — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:03:36 +0000

Why wouldn’t Toronto be in the Eastern division? Toronto is in the Eastern time zone, and lies due north of New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, the Carolinas, Florida… Toronto is farther east than coastal Georgia!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 20:50:28 +0000

If the Toronto Blue Jays shouldn’t be in the East then neither should the Rays or the Braves, Atlanta and Tampa are both west of Toronto

By: Sean Lind

Sean Lind — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 19:35:31 +0000

“Maybe no offsides once you reach mid field or center ice?”

There is no such thing as offside in hockey until you cross centre ice. In hockey the rule is actually really simple and clear cut: the puck must cross the oppositions blue-line before any of your players (unless it’s the other team who was responsible for moving the puck over the line).

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 19:32:24 +0000

The one that always gets me is how it is advantageous for a team to foul an opposing player in basketball at the end of a game. Teams should be able to decline fouls in basketball, just like in football.

By: Efren

Efren — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 19:29:58 +0000

The Blue Jays are in the AL East cause they are on the east side of North America. Could have came up with some better examples like why the Cowboys are in the NFC East or the Colts in the AFC South. The Texas Rangers are in the AL West.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 19:25:25 +0000

For the basketball divisions…geographically it’s skewed, but if you just draw the line from Minnesota down to Louisiana, the number of states (and teams) is split pretty evenly among the eastern and western conference, since all the eastern states are so tiny and crammed together. I think what makes less sense is why did the Hornets get moved from the Eastern to Western conference when they moved from Charlotte to New Orleans, but when the Grizzlies moved from Vancouver all the way to Memphis, they remained in the west. Also Dallas being in the NFC East rather than South or something is weird too!

By: d cash

d cash — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 19:14:09 +0000

If Toronto isn’t eligible to play in the AL East, then what division should they be in. Seems like a pretty Eastern city to me.