CHANGE HOW BASKETBALL IS PLAYED - HOW GAMES ARE WON!
I strongly recommend that the present system of scoring in basketball should change. As the game is now organized, the first three quarters often are boring. The only true exciting times in the game are a little bit toward the end of the half, and at the end of the last quarter. That's when the two teams pour it on, try the hardest and when fans are the happiest.
My new system would change the four quarters into a minimum of three 20-minute periods. Every period won gets a point. In order to win the game you'd need to have two more points than your opponent, or win the Overtime Tie-Breaker Period.
Here are the scenarios for winning the game:
Team--A wins all three 20-minute periods and wins the game 3 to 0.
Team-A wins a period, then Team-B wins a period. Team-A or Team-B wins the next two periods and wins the game 3 to 1.
Team-A and Team-B both win two periods making it tied 2 to 2. Whomever wins the 5th Overtime Tie-Breaker Period and wins the game, 3 to 2.
Each period would become exciting and played as hard as possible thereby making for a more thrilling game for players and fans. The likelihood of a boring game would be minimized. The Overtime Tie-Breaker Period would become sensational! Also, due to the need for increased playing time, bench strength of teams would expand, thus creating more roster opportunities for players.
Why not make basketball the best it can be! Spread the word -- maybe it'll some day happen!
Great post. Once thing I've learned in life is "Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs."