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- ESPN’s Mina Kimes sent out a viral tweet asking for everyone’s ‘goofiest sports take’ and the tweet blew up with everyone adding their hottest sports takes
- Most of the ‘goofiest sports takes’ are rules suggestions on how to fix various leagues or teams and some of them are truly spectacular
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Every sports fan has at least one hot take when it comes to their favorite sport or their favorite team. ESPN’s Mina Kimes learned this after firing off a tweet asking for everyone’s ‘goofiest sports take’ and she received thousands and thousands of responses.
Most of the ‘goofiest sports takes’ are in the form of rules changes to the major sports and some of them are downright brilliant, others are just hilarious. Mine isn’t a rules change, it’s just something I firmly believe. If FSU Football brought back the cut-off jerseys that show players’ stomachs they’d be a powerhouse within a season because of the pressure to stay in elite athletic and physical shape when your bare stomach is on national TV every week.
One of the best takes I saw is in baseball, any pitch that gets past the catcher should allow the batter to try and steal first base, not just the 3rd strike. This should 100% be implemented by Major League Baseball and they should’ve done it a hundred years ago. Everyone on Twitter has a ‘goofy take’ and I’ve compiled a bunch of the best ones below!
Some Of The Hottest Sports Takes Are Actually Brilliant
What's your goofiest sports take that you actually kind of believe? Mine is: If the Bills want to truly get the most out of Josh Allen, they gotta build a dome.
— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) January 12, 2022
A field goal that hits the uprights should actually count as FOUR points. https://t.co/Nb1biLjGIa
— 🎅🏿America Is Musty🎅🏿 (@DragonflyJonez) January 13, 2022
FSU would be an NCAAF dynasty again if they brought back belly jerseys because of the pressure of your abs/stomach being on national TV every week leading to peak physical condition
— Cass Anderson (@casspa) January 12, 2022
basketball arenas are increasing the size of center court logos so they can have clips of players "hitting a three from the logo"
— Tom Vecchio (@DFS_Tom) January 12, 2022
I’ll always believe that Andre the Giant could have been the greatest goalie in NHL history. https://t.co/25NOx8Osso
— Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) January 13, 2022
An NFL team that dedicated themselves to perfecting a wide variety of trick plays, and then running trick plays like 50-75% of the time, would dominate
— Dan Amira (@DanAmira) January 12, 2022
Field goals under 25 yards should be worth two points https://t.co/cs6UXKGYQJ
— Trill Withers (@TylerIAm) January 13, 2022
As a Tampa Bay Lightning fan, I love this idea. But it would also fundamentally change the NHL Draft in ways that would need to be sorted out.
The NHL would be best served expanding to 40 teams, splitting into two (NHL A and NHL B) and having a relegation/promotion system between the two. https://t.co/HmkjFB4PKD
— Joe DiBiase (@SneakyJoeSports) January 13, 2022
Why not?
if a pitcher strikes you out twice, they should get to pick your walk-up song the rest of the game https://t.co/ckEhOr8thU
— katherine fitzgerald (@kfitz134) January 13, 2022
you should get a technical for not taunting after big plays https://t.co/kRLPHB2hui
— Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) January 13, 2022
Every team should have a 7 footer on its roster just to try to block field goals and PATs.
— Blues for Salah (@darkstar91970) January 12, 2022
Some Of These Hot Sports Takes Are Straight Up Facts
Brooks let Tiger win the 2019 Masters https://t.co/pfxtLvn1uC
— deepfriedegg (@deep_fried_egg) January 13, 2022
A decent number of QB busts would not have been busts if they were drafted by a better team. https://t.co/um6x9ekR7W
— Jordan (@FRESHticles) January 12, 2022
Each NFL team should only be able to punt 3 times per game. Kinda like timeouts. Use them when you really need it. https://t.co/HtRLqqyxNe
— Jason Derr (@jasonderr4) January 12, 2022
Either baseball managers need to start wearing street clothes, or the coaches in all other sports should have to wear the same uniforms as the players. https://t.co/NBazKGxvCR
— Ben Fowlkes (@benfowlkesMMA) January 12, 2022
This one made me laugh
If Nick Saban stayed at Michigan State, MSU would have an Alabama type dynasty. https://t.co/472Vtg8PQ2 pic.twitter.com/Msi789IYEL
— Takes 👀 (@SpartyMyTake) January 12, 2022
The US Open should only be held at public golf courses. https://t.co/tjAsO57fXC
— Peter Burns (@PeterBurnsESPN) January 13, 2022
College basketball should go to quarters and eliminate charging fouls. https://t.co/cdJn77vZsN
— Carrington Harrison (@cdotharrison) January 13, 2022
NFL teams should become publicly traded companies.
— Seth C. Payne (@SethCPayne) January 12, 2022
if a play being reviewed is cool enough it should always count. https://t.co/aCxDYQTlwd
— Mike Golic Jr (@mikegolicjr) January 13, 2022
the warning track should be made of trampoline
— Brian Grubb (@briancgrubb) January 12, 2022
Anything you’d add to the discussion? Hopin there with your hottest sports take!