Changes You'd Like To See

Changes You'd Like To See
If I could change something about The Amazing Race, I'd try to make it that the racers had to go by foot at least a half mile or so to the finish line. Getting out of the taxi and running a few yards to the finish line is lame and sort of anticlimactic. Make the racers sprint a mile or so to the finish line... uphill. :wink: So what kind of changes would y'all like to see?

I really dont think they need to change anything. They got a good thing going, they need to let it be. Its like that saying ...."If it aint broken, dont fix it".

For the most part, I'm happy with the show. I would still like to see two things: 1) Do away with non-elim legs during the second half of the race. 2) Limit the bunching up of racers as much as possible. If a team gets a 2 or 3 or 8 hour lead, they should be able to keep it. I did like the last few episodes of this season when teams were able to get significant leads (approx. 2 hours) from choosing different plane flights. First it was U/J & M/G and the next episode it was R/A & R/K. Granted, that took some of the overall suspense out of the race, but it seemed more like a race to me. In fact, I think that's a great example of why they should allow teams to keep those leads. U/J had a 2 hour lead after their early flight, but barely finished ahead of last-place M/G in the next episode. So just because a team finishes way ahead in one leg doesn't mean they will run away with the race, and you can still have good drama.

If I could change something about TAR, I'd like to do away with using locals as "tour guides." Racers can ask locals for directions and that's it!

Re: The Yield
I'd do away with the Yield.

If I could change something about TAR, I'd like to do away with using locals as "tour guides." Racers can ask locals for directions and that's it! Ditto. I think that she been considered a form of cheating. Also, every leg should have a prize for first place and no team can earn more than 5 prizes...

Oh oh thought of another one If you are yeilded, you have to do another task, or do both detours.

Re: Ideas
Also, every leg should have a prize for first place and no team can earn more than 5 prizes... I like the idea of every leg having a prize, that would make coming in first place more desirable and make things more competitive between the racers. I don't like the idea of limiting the number of prizes won, though.

If I could change something about TAR, I'd like to do away with using locals as "tour guides." Racers can ask locals for directions and that's it!I really like this suggestion. I would add - If you've already won a huge cash prize on another reality show, you are ineligible to complete on TAR! :wink: :razz: Don't make the yielded team do anything else. They are getting punished enough by having to wait 30 minutes and possibly not getting to the pit stop in time to stay in the race. Maybe have the team who does the yield have a 10 or 15 minute penalty at the start of the next leg for being mean to the team they yielded.

If I could change something about TAR, I'd like to do away with using locals as "tour guides." Racers can ask locals for directions and that's it! That song is getting really old. The racers pay taxi drivers to take them somewhere, so that's not on their own. Locals are often involved in the Roadblocks and Detours, so the racers don't do that on their own. They ask directions from locals, some of whom lead them by foot or car to wherever they are going. That's just part of the freaking race. If you can talk or pay someone who knows the city into helping, why, oh why, is that such a problem? It's just smart, sound, racing. And for those who want unknowns only playing the game, I would think you would be extra happy that the local, unknown citizens of various countries get to take part in The Amazing Race.

Re: Ideas
Also, every leg should have a prize for first place and no team can earn more than 5 prizes... I like the idea of every leg having a prize, that would make coming in first place more desirable and make things more competitive between the racers. I don't like the idea of limiting the number of prizes won, though. Prizes every leg = good. Limits to number of prizes one can win = bad.

Maybe have the team who does the yield have a 10 or 15 minute penalty at the start of the next leg for being mean to the team they yielded. Then why offer the yield in the first place if a team gets penalized for using it? I think Jay said it at the first of TAR7--this is a race, not a matchmaking game! You race to win, and yielding can help accomplish that.

Maybe have the team who does the yield have a 10 or 15 minute penalty at the start of the next leg for being mean to the team they yielded. Then why offer the yield in the first place if a team gets penalized for using it? I think Jay said it at the first of TAR7--this is a race, not a matchmaking game! You race to win, and yielding can help accomplish that.Well, my thinking when I posted what I did was that teams use the yield to help themselves get to that leg's Pit Stop before another team and save themselves from elimination. The yield doesn't necessarily help a team win. Due to all the bunching, time differences often don't mean much at the beginning of a leg but they can mean a great deal at the end of the leg. Therefore, if you're going to be "mean" and yield another team at the end of a leg, the "punishment" for being mean (if there is one) could be a small time delay at the beginning of the next leg, which usually wouldn't make much difference.

Maybe have the team who does the yield have a 10 or 15 minute penalty at the start of the next leg for being mean to the team they yielded. Then why offer the yield in the first place if a team gets penalized for using it? I think Jay said it at the first of TAR7--this is a race, not a matchmaking game! You race to win, and yielding can help accomplish that.Well, my thinking when I posted what I did was that teams use the yield to help themselves get to that leg's Pit Stop before another team and save themselves from elimination. The yield doesn't necessarily help a team win. Due to all the bunching, time differences often don't mean much at the beginning of a leg but they can mean a great deal at the end of the leg. Therefore, if you're going to be "mean" and yield another team at the end of a leg, the "punishment" for being mean (if there is one) could be a small time delay at the beginning of the next leg, which usually wouldn't make much difference. I think I follow you now, though I have to penalize you by ignoring your post because you are mean to Rob & Amber. :wink:

Maybe have the team who does the yield have a 10 or 15 minute penalty at the start of the next leg for being mean to the team they yielded. Then why offer the yield in the first place if a team gets penalized for using it? I think Jay said it at the first of TAR7--this is a race, not a matchmaking game! You race to win, and yielding can help accomplish that.Well, my thinking when I posted what I did was that teams use the yield to help themselves get to that leg's Pit Stop before another team and save themselves from elimination. The yield doesn't necessarily help a team win. Due to all the bunching, time differences often don't mean much at the beginning of a leg but they can mean a great deal at the end of the leg. Therefore, if you're going to be "mean" and yield another team at the end of a leg, the "punishment" for being mean (if there is one) could be a small time delay at the beginning of the next leg, which usually wouldn't make much difference. I think I follow you now, though I have to penalize you by ignoring your post because you are mean to Rob & Amber. :wink:How am I being mean, other than thinking they shouldn't have been given a spot in the race for $1 mil when they already had more than that?? They were selected because people like me might cry "foul!" and root against them and because they were already known to CBS reality fans (and generally disliked). By putting Rob and Amber in the race, TAR got a ready-made team-you-love-to-hate. I had not watched Survivor and only knew of Rob and Amber via RTVP hearsay. Nevertheless, Rob made me a believer. I grew to hate him just from his TAR antics alone.

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