New year, new rules: Rule No. 5
Updated: December 30, 2009, 11:46 AM ET
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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