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I'm Mike Kilroy and I approved this message because I believe sports is more than just about winners and losers — but mostly about winners.

And I approved this message because, well, I wrote it.

Last week I laid out my platform for change in sports.

This week, I will present to you things that should be introduced, like Bud Selig to weather.com.

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High school girls football. With the success of the Pittsburgh Passion sparking interest in the sport among women, shouldn't the next step be taken?Personally, I would love to watch and cover high school girls football, and there is no doubt in my mind there are some female athletes in Butler County who would be standouts.Take Ali Doyle ofSlippery Rock for instance. She plays basketball like a middle linebacker. She hasn't met a gym floor that she hasn't wanted to dive on for a loose ball or an opposing point guard she hasn't wanted to make batty with her hounding defense.As a soccer goalkeeper, she has the reflexes of a puma. She would be a great shutdown corner.Then there is Seneca Valley goalkeeper Keara Lydon.There are two people I would be afraid to run into on a football field: Ray Lewis and Lydon. I watched a bevy of Peters Township players bounce off of her like RyanClark trying to tackle BrandonJacobs.There are others. Chelsea Martin from Knoch comes to mind. She has better arm strength than Chad Pennington.Seneca Valley's Aleisha Rees? At 6-foot-2, can you say fade pattern?•

Mercy rule in prep soccer. I harped on this subject last year and nothing has changed.Mercy rule in baseball? Check. Football? Check. Basketball? Check. So why not soccer?If a team is facing a seven-goal deficit in the second half, it's over my friend. Stop the game. Not even David Beckham can bail a team out of that hole. Nor can Posh Spice or Pele Spice or Corner Kick Spice or even The Best Soccer Player on the Pitch Spice. Take your seven-goal lump and good luck next time.It sure beats losing 15-0.•

Mandatory coach meltdowns in news conferences. At least once a week, a coach must create a YouTube moment by uttering the phrases: "Playoffs! Playoffs?" Or, "Team X was who we thought they were!" Or "You are ticking me off!"•

A Division I college football playoff. As long as a team from the Big Ten doesn't play a team from the SEC or a team from the WAC doesn't play a team from, well, any other conference, it will be a good system.•

Moratorium on ugly uniforms. During my first day in office, I will pass the following uni law: no combining fluorescent yellow and green in excess, I must be able to make out your uniform number from 10 yards away, and if your color scheme makes people wonder if there is a pot of gold or a leprechaun under it, you will be hauled in front of Congress to explain yourself.It's time to take back the cones in our eyes for our children.

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