This Diehard On Sports Rules Turns Out To Be A Diesoft Once In A While

The fewer rules a game has, the better it is (golf, which has an enormous code of regulations for such a simple sport, is an exception, as is baseball). The most exciting team sport in the world may be Irish hurling, which often seems to have no rules at all. All you really need to know is the scoring (three points for a ball hit under the crossbar of the H-shaped goalpost, one point for a ball hit over it) and the sanctions the law imposes against mayhem and manslaughter. Yet, despite the hard ball and the ax-handle sticks, the players come through remarkably unscathed, the game keeps moving, scoring is high, the action volatile and, yerra, it's a grand sport entirely!