Re-thinking rules in sports

There are already constant trade-offs in sports between size and skill, but David Friedman wants to add another dimension: the number of players. He modestly proposes that, instead of limiting the number of players (which results in "blatant bigism"), limit the total weight of the football team to 2400 pounds, or similarly, in basketball, limit the total height of the basketball team.

This is an interesting idea and would require much more calculus on the team's part to set the right mix of size and number of players on the field. I have no idea what the optimal mix would look like, but it's interesting to think about.