These Athletes Forced Their Sports To Change The Rules

Shaquille O’Neal

Shaq was known to be a beast of a basketball player. His sheer size and strength broke so many hoops when he dunked on them and even shattered backboards. The accidents caused lengthy delays in games as everything had to be put back together.

Goal posts had to be made sturdier as a result and rule makers decided to give the opposing team a free throw in case a situation like Shaq was to happen again. If a player breaks the backboard today, he is penalized with a non-unsportsmanlike conduct technical foul.