Change is good.

But change also is hard.

That's why we humans don't like to do it, even if said change would be for the better.

Wonder why there is no playoff system in Division I college football?

It would be a drastic change. And the powers that be are deathly afraid of changing the antiquated bowl system.

Wonder why fighting is still permitted in the NHL? Change. The people who run the league are afraid of losing fans who live for hockey fights.

Don't count on those two things changing any time soon, even though they should.

There are countless other things that should be changed in sports, but probably won't be.

Here are a few things I think should change:

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The high school football overtime system.Rarely do I see a high-school football game go to overtime. I usually see more beatdowns than Popeye.But last Friday night, I saw Karns City and Bedford go into overtime tied at 6-all.By the time the snow — and the avalanche of points — had settled after three overtime periods, Bedford emerged with a 28-26 win.Ten yards is too short of a field to decide a game. It was the equivalent of a shootout in soccer.At least push the teams back to the 20 or 25. Make them earn it.•

No mercy rule in high school soccer.Just about every high school sport has one: football, baseball, hockey — even basketball. So why not soccer?I've seen enough 13-0 scores to know one is needed.How do you do it? Easy. Simply stop the match if a team is up by eight or more goals after 50 minutes of play.•

Tighter than tight girls volleyball shorts.They seem as unnecessary as they are uncomfortable. What's wrong with good, old fashioned shorts?•

TMZ is TMI.I'm sure there are loads of people interested in Tiger Woods' personal life. I'm not one of them.Although the Florida Highway Patrol presser Tuesday was entertaining to watch for its sheer absurdity, it was completely worthless.Yet there were thousands of media types there to report on what turned out to be a traffic citation.Woods was charged with, gasp, careless driving for smashing his car into a defenseless Orlando tree and fined, egad, 164 U.S. dollars and received, jeepers, four points on his driving record.With 24-hour news cycles and everyone trying to get the scoop, athletes are under an incredible amount of scrutiny.That's not likely to change, either.Mike Kilroy is a staff writer for the Butler Eagle.