What do MLB in the NFL have in common? Well, I mean, I guess a lot, play clocks and ball.

For the purposes of this conversation, what I'm getting at is both their seasons this year

open on a Wednesday. Yeah, Rogers League is just a Tuesday here or there from making like

baseball and being an everyday sport. Now, I don't know if you like that, but I do like the spirit of stealing from our former national pastime and some other sports, too, to punch up football a bit. Yeah, it's already great, but it could get even better. Here's a few thoughts in that direction. First, fix the lame in-game punishment mechanism, a.k.a. the yellow flag. Guys are out there committing crimes of passion and all they get is a flag thrown at them.

Pretty lame. Also lame? If you commit an error in MLB, they put an EAP up on the scoreboard.

I guess that stands for Eek. If you want to stop the scourge your recidivism, you need

stronger deterrence. Like in basketball, When there's a file, they let your

victim take free shots and they make you stay in there like a jackass watching from just a few

feet away. Maybe even better, the NHL has a whole box for its rules violators. What Ned and that other

guy in Pulp Fiction did with the Gimp, hockey refs, due to jerks and skates. So in football where guys have to sit

in a blue tent if they get bonked on the head, it'd only be justice for the guy who did the

bonking to have to go sit in a shame tent and make sure it's see-through. Or maybe make him just play

the rest of the game nude. No bad ideas here. Next, the English Premier League has relegation, which would be fantastic.

There's never a year in which some dumb fans don't ruminate about whether college football's

best team could beat the NFL's worst team. Spoiler alert, they couldn't. But if only to prove a

point, let's do it. It'll be great for everyone. Except those poor Ohio State Buckeyes. I don't know how they'll rebuild their self-esteem after losing to the Jets. It'll be great for everyone. Except those poor Ohio State buck guys. I don't know how they'll

rebuild their self-esteem after losing to the Jets. It'll be at the last second on a field goal, but still.

Next, pro football's got better players, but college football's got a better soundtrack. Soccer, too.

And their fans are the ones who provide that soundtrack. Why don't we do nice a cappella songs, my fellow football Americans?

At least we get the fight songs on Saturdays.

But we need more on Sundays.

There's Bear Down Chicago Bears making every play on the way to victory.

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