Changes you will never see happen

There are changes that might make football, basketball and baseball more interesting, perhaps more exciting, that will probably never happen.
High school, college and the NBA have players who are poor free throw shooters.
Football has field goal kickers and baseball has designated and pinch hitters, so shouldn't basketball have a designated free throw shooter?
He (or she) could be a substitute with the ability of making 80 percent or better in pressure situations, who could be sent in for players who average 60 percent or less from the charity circle.
The hard-working athletes would practice two or three hours daily, attempting hundreds of foul shots in preparation for crucial times, when they would be counted on to make those free throws.
Make new rule
If a basketball team is ahead four or five points with two minutes or less remaining in a game and one of its players is deliberately fouled, then another rule should go into effect.
That player goes to the foul line with a two-shot or one-and-one free throw opportunity.
If the first one-and-one foul shot is made, or if the first of the two free throws is made or not, the team should have the option whether to attempt the second free throw or take the ball out of bounds.
And a team behind by three points with five seconds remaining and one of its players goes to the foul line with a one-and-one or two-shot foul opportunity, there should another rule change.
If he makes the first free throw, he can't deliberately miss the second attempt with the idea his team might rebound and then try to make a shot to tie or perhaps even win the contest.
Don't dilly-dally around
Games too long
Major League Baseball games are already long enough, so pitchers shouldn't be allowed to dilly-dally around by doffing their caps, wiping sweat off their brow (forehead), kicking dirt-sand to make adjustments around the pitching mound to feel at ease, scratch their back side, pick up rosin bag and throw it down, do stretching four or five times, shake off two or three signs from their catchers, then throw for a called ball one and then start the routine all over again.
Just like the NFL or NBA, there should be a time limit between pitches, a clock allowing 20 seconds for each pitch and if the baseball hasn't been thrown in 20 seconds, an automatic ball is called.
There shouldn't be a courtesy runner. If a player comes in to run for someone who is slower then Moses, he (or she) stays in the contest.
If a relief pitcher comes into a game, unless he gets hit hard and allows a lot of runs to score, he finishes the inning.
Managers shouldn't be allowed to send a pitcher in to pitch to one batter, then be replaced by another relief pitcher for the next batter and another relief pitcher for the next batter and so on.
What a waste of time.
Don't stop the clock
In NFL, college and high school contests, if a quarterback or running back gains or loses yards, officials place the football at that specific yard line and the clock starts again and the offensive team must get off the next play in 45 seconds or be penalized. If a pass is complete, the same procedure follows.
That should also be a rule for an incomplete pass. Why stop the clock until an offensive team goes back into the huddle, decides on its next strategy, then lines up to start up its offense again?
And if a coach substitutes players for just one play and then they come out and some others players come in, that shouldn't be allowed.
The first time substitutes come in for a play, they should stay in there for at least a series of downs, then they can be replaced.
The fact that television commercials take up a considerable amount time following a scoring play, which gives them plenty of time to show off their products, why should commercials be allowed to stop games for a two-minute warning at halftime and again toward the end of the game?
Money, that's why. They pay TV networks for the privilege of covering NFL games throughout a season and a game that should be a couple of hours goes on and on and on and on.
It's time for this to stop.
Mark Miller is a sportswriter for The Vindicator. Write him at miller@vindy.com.