Pro sports are selling a show. Take basketball. The old rule on a layup was 2 steps( 2 contacts with the floor) and get rid of the ball( pass or lay up). They changed the rule to three steps, two contacts, a third to set your feet. This was done to implement the ram dunk. Fans want to see the power dunk with the player hanging on the rim. The finesse game in all sports doesnā€™t sell today. The perfectly executed hit and run, the body block on sweep, the low knockdown fade from under a limb on a windy day. The modern athlete isnā€™t even taught these skills. Baseball players see a shift with no one on the opposite side of the infield and they canā€™t hit a ground ball the other way. I was a decent high school baseball player and if they shifted on me I could probably hit 600. Fans today want a circus show. Home runs, long bombs, ram dunks and 360 yard drives. Boring sports to me but Iā€™m an old timer.

    LBlack14 you can google it. In 2018 the NBA altered the rule on traveling to include ā€œ gatheringā€. What this does is allow the second step to be both feet landing on the floor as opposed to one foot. If you count a step as one contact with the floor than one step and landing on both feet is actually three steps but is now allowed.

        Tinker you can google it. In 2018 the NBA altered the rule on traveling to include ā€œ gatheringā€. What this does is allow the second step to be both feet landing on the floor as opposed to one foot. If you count a step as one contact with the floor than one step and landing on both feet is actually three steps but is now allowed.

        Yea it's called a jump stop. So now you get your step and a half (which is really two steps) a jump and then you can jump again . Nba guys can cover from the top of the key with all that.

            garyt1957 Yeah and IMO they stopped calling a LOT of other traveling violations years ago. That and letting the big guys back a defender up under the hoop just made the game way less interesting.

                KCee Yeah and IMO they stopped calling a LOT of other traveling violations years ago. That and letting the big guys back a defender up under the hoop just made the game way less interesting.

                There's a couple hilarious videos on youtube. In one LeBron literally walks up the court with the ball, not a single dribble and no call. Another along the same line with Westbrook.

                  scotts33

                  Evolution of the sport is what happens in golf. Like u said Scott, oems are not going to throttle back... ā€œ15 yards longerā€ is their calling card.

                  Guys are not shooting in the mid 50ā€™s every week. Itā€™s really not much different score wise than the Shells Wonderful World of golf episodes. The sport has evolved, live with it. It will continue to evolve.

                  im not going to bring another sport into this other than to say last night I watched the 1974 Stanley cup final game with the Flyers vs.Bruins. The comparison in everything from the speed of the game to equipment has evolved. But the score was still 1-0.

                    scotts33 I'll say it again as most haven't gotten it in this thread Just a thought and topic. A new topic instead of the old .

                    You seem to be suggesting that we're arguing or something in this thread? It was a good topic and got different viewpoints and lots of replies. Isn't that the idea?