By: Shirley Huang

Let me ask you a question. If you could change the rules of a sport, which one would you change? Well, if you ask me, I would like to change the rules of basketball. Let me tell you why.

I would like to change the rules of basketball because of how complicated the rules are and how easy it is to break the rules! It’s like the referee is trying to tell you to break a rule and don’t play basketball anymore! I play basketball a few times a month, and whenever I touch the ball, people say that I just broke a rule and I can’t play if I break it 1 or 2 more times. Why do the rules have to be that complicated?! That’s why I want to change the rules.

I only want to change the rule that states if you touch a person’s arm or hand if they have a ball that is considered a foul. If you play defense and you’re on your last foul, you can’t even get the ball! All the other person has to do is to stretch their hand in front of yours and the referee will blow for a foul. If that happens, you only have 2 options, and one is to quit defense and play basketball for a bit longer but basically don’t really care for your teammates, and the consequence is your coach getting you down and putting someone else on. The other option is to play defense and can not play basketball because you have committed too many fouls! So that’s a dumb rule.

So, what would you think of basketball if that rule was changed? Would you play it?