Commentary
New Year, New Rules: Seed 16 World Cup teams
The Group Of Death should be put to rest
Originally Published: December 23, 2009
By
Jordan Brenner
Okay, so we'll give this part away -- it's Chase Utley. But how did FanGraphs determine that? And where do guys like Hanley Ramirez, David Wright, Grady Sizemore and Albert Pujols rank on the list of value as the decade ends? For all this and more, you must be an ESPN Insider.
GENERAL 
- Mandate universal instant replay
- Seed NBA and NHL playoffs without regard to conference
- Let higher seeds pick playoff foes
- Enforce existing rules
- Fix overtime
FOOTBALL
- Spike NFL pace of play
- Unify football's rules
- Allow 30 seconds of penalty-free post-TD celebration
- Change field dimensions
- Allow a little roughing the passer
BASEBALL
- Make pitchers pitch and hitters hit
- Limit catcher visits
- Contract 40-man rosters
- Brush back the DH
- Drop the dropped third strike
- Make Fall Fair
BASKETBALL
SOCCER
GOLF
OTHER