I prefer the unwritten rules of baseball. Not quite sure what all of em are tho.

widmer69 wrote:I prefer the unwritten rules of baseball. Not quite sure what all of em are tho.

I'd write a complete list of them for you, but then there wouldn't be any.

I feel like advantage isn't that obscure, but then again I watch a lot of soccer. A lot.

I've always liked Major League Baseball's rule 7.08(i).

7.08 Any runner is out when --
(i) After he has acquired legal possession of a base, he runs the bases in reverse order for the purpose of confusing the defense or making a travesty of the game. The umpire shall immediately call “Time” and declare the runner out

wiseguy316 wrote:travesty of the game.

DEAR GOD what have we done? This simple game of baseball has now become a TRAVESTY!!1

Excessively swinging elbows in basketball. It is a violation just as a travel or double dribble. It only becomes a foul if contact is made with the opposing player. I am a Basketball referee and I have maybe called it twice in 10 yrs. Most people have never heard of it. But it is used in most cases where a rebounder is using his elbows to clear out after the rebound. NFHS rules.

thegibsons wrote:Excessively swinging elbows in basketball. It is a violation just as a travel or double dribble. It only becomes a foul if contact is made with the opposing player. I am a Basketball referee and I have maybe called it twice in 10 yrs. Most people have never heard of it. But it is used in most cases where a rebounder is using his elbows to clear out after the rebound. NFHS rules.

I remember one high school game where the other team's SF would do exactly this every single time he got a rebound. So, eventually as we fought for the rebound and he swung his bows, I moved forward into his path of destruction, got clocked in the face and went down hard. He hit me so hard, the ball came out of his own two hands. No whistle. I retaliated on the other end by setting the hardest (I still state to this day it wasn't illegal--the ref said something to the effect that I set such a good screen so quickly that I had to be punished) screen in my life and he went to the ground like a bag of bricks. I was charged with a personal and was benched.

Cut to the 3rd quarter: I threw one of his special elbow moves after getting a rebound and contacted him square in the jaw. Of course I had him in my peripheral view and took a step towards his direction to make contact. Apparently I made such an egregious/unnatural body movement I was given a flagrant and was tossed. Guess who called that foul? Same ref that got me on that screen. My team told me he didn't do his patented elbow shuffle again that night. A Pyrrhic victory if there ever was one.

No groin shots. Everything should be legal!
They should combine baseball with MMA.

Gross misconduct in hockey for biting!

Darts.... What do you mean if I dont hit the board it dosent count?

Advantage in rugby.

It's gotta be the tuck rule in football. i think that's the one known as the Tom Brady special.

Offsetting penalties in basketball (outside of a fight).
I don't think this is a real thing but I've seen it called in a Pac-12 game. There was a collective Wait! There's Homework?? from the crowd and then the students started chanting "Wrong sport" over and over.

The over-the-top-rope disqualification in pro wrestling. Hasn't been enforced in decades.

Any rule in cricket.

In baseball when a ball hits the foul pole its fair, why not call it the FAIR POLE?!

If the golf ball moves for any reason when you address it, you get a stroke. So wind, hill or any other outside force can move the ball while you are standing there preparing to hit it and you get the penalty.

The Tuck Rule in Football. It is the real Tom Brady rule. Just ask Jon Gruden.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuck_Rule_Game

The "dropped third strike" rule in baseball. If the catcher drops a pitch that would have otherwise struck out the batter, the batter isn't out and can run to first base.

dmoser20 wrote:Any rule in cricket.

Howzat!

The 90° rule in golf.

If the fairway is too wet you have to park your cart on the cart path and walk at a 90° angle to the path from where your cart is parked to where your ball is.

My favorite weird rule is the penalty for Time-Wasting in Aussie Football.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50-metre_penalty#History_in_the_VFL.2FAFL

dmoser20 wrote:Any rule in cricket.

holy carp there are a lot of rules for the bowler

Fielder's choice! Baseball.

It's so confusing made more so with Free will vs Predestination.

Did he choose or was it already chosen?

My favorite Obscure Sports Rule is the NFL's "Illegal Touching."

It always makes me a little uncomfortable when I hear that it has happened and the room always gets quiet when it's called...

Failure to notify one's fellow competitors when marking and inspecting a golf ball in play other than on a green.

How could you leave out Catcher's Interference! Personally, that's my favorite.

Delay of game in hockey when a defensive player shoots or hits the puck over the glass (usually in an attempt to clear the puck)

I would have to say the sacrifice fly in baseball. Where's the sac grounder? There isn't one -__-

Offside in soccer . . . you can be offside without incurring a penalty, it's the offside that incurs the penalty which is not so much obscure, but understood by few.

NASCAR's Green/White/Checker...come on...if it's not choreographed it sure comes acrossed that way! silliest thing on earth...