This rule is basically just like it sounds. We've decided that Will Ferrell has done so many movies, skits and web videos that when we have the option to use a Will Ferrell clip in our production pieces WE MUST USE IT.  We have our top of the hour intro's and all of the quick hitting splitters when we are coming back from a commercial break and we attempt to use a Will Ferrell clip or quote if at all possible.  Overall it just makes your morning a little easier to handle. Read the Rules...

If only we had created this rule about three months earlier. Kris Humphries could have avoided all of the pain and embarrassment. The Kim Kardashian rule obviously comes from the 72-month marriage she had with the less than average basketball player. The rule is simply. Lower your expectations when the woman you are marrying already has a famous sex tape online. If Humphries had this rule to follow he may have still ended up marrying Kardashian but he wouldn't be as devastated as he appears to be right now, because his lowered expectations would have led to him seeing the divorce coming. So once again. The Kim Kardashian Rule: When marrying a woman who has a popular online sex tape make sure you lower your expectations.  Read the Rules...

Jason Terry of the Dallas Mavericks got a tattoo of the NBA Championship on his arm prior to the start of the season, luckily for him the Mavericks actually ended up winning the title. This rule actually stems from MLB Prospect Javier Baez. Prior to this year's MLB draft Baez actually got the MLB logo tattooed on the back of his neck. So far so good for Baez who was actually selected 9th overall by the Chicago Cubs but what happens if he never makes it to the show? What if he ends up like his brother, yes, his brother. Baez' older brother did the same thing back in 2002 after being selected in the 15th round by the Padres. The older brother, Agosto, never played a game in the MLB, in fact the closest he got was probably being an interpreter for his younger brother. If you have a tattoo of league's logo on your neck but never end up playing a game in the league you are one of two things. A) a massive failure B) one of those creepy fans. The bottom line is this: Think Before You Ink. I guess it could be worse, Baez could ... Read the Rules...

The moment I saw Jesse Lumsden's retirement from the CFL become a top story on TSN I knew we had to have a rule in place to avoid this happening again. Lumsden accomplished next to nothing during his injury riddled career but because he was a good college player he always carried a clout with the media. He played a total of 31 regular season games in his CFL career which made it pretty easy to come up with a rule. In hopes of not having our time wasted in the future by a story that shouldn't be more than a note on a side column ofa web-site we have instituted the following rule. An athlete must play at least 32 career games in order for his retirement to become a major story. Easy enough, stick to it...or else! Read the Rules...

This rule came from Adam McQuaid slamming himself into the end boards after missing Mike Richards with a body check during the 2011 NHL Playoffs. Wil Fraser suggested that laughing at injuries is O.K. as long as they are self inflicted. It's just plain rude to laugh at someone who is injured by another player or athlete but if someone injures themselves it's only fair to have a little chuckle. McQuaid's injury is something you can laugh at while Crosby's is not a laughing matter (especially with Chase). Feel free to have a good time laughing at Gus Frerotte concussing himself when head butting a wall after scoring a touchdown. Call your friends and make their day by reminding them that Plaxico Burress shot himself in the leg with his own gun. Don't you dare tell jokes about Paul Kariya or Joe Theismann. The only exception to the rule, those injuries are never funny. So our newest rule is pretty basic. It's O.K. to laugh at catastrophic injuries if they are self inflicted. Read the Rules...

Mike Weir made an incredible run at The Masters but that was back in 2003. Since his Green Jacket run he has appeared to be more worthy of the Nielson and Chase Jean Jacket. Weir has won just two tournaments since cashing in at Augusta and one of them was the ever so popular Fry's Electronics Open. During a stretch early in 2011 Weir fired 8 straight rounds of 76 or more. Nielson and Chase have realized that usually when they talk about Mike Weir it is always followed up with...and then he shot a ________. So they've decided to make a it a rule. Here are some examples of how the Mike Weir rule can be used. Mike Weir woke up on Thursday...and then he shot a 78. Mike Weir looked pretty good on Thursday....and then he shot a 78. Mike Weir birdied the first hole...and then he shot an 82. Mike Weir decided to try mini-golf...and then he shot a 77. The newest rule into the book. Any time you mention Mike Weir you must follow it up with "and then he shot a _____" Read the Rules...

ORGIN: If the term "perfect storm" can ever be attached to our show it was on the morning of Friday, April 1st. With March Madness dwindling away and a brand new baseball season underway producer Wil Fraser came up with a brilliant idea to help Nielson and Chase come to an agreement on the best baseball movie of all-time. Fraser set up an 8 movie bracket and then let the boys break it down on the air. After much debate Nielson and Chase eventually agreed that #3 seed Field of Dreams is the best baseball movie ever made. Nielson, who is a bracket junky, instantly thought that the best way to solve any kind of "best of" argument is to lay things out in bracket form and then go from there, a rule was born. Use a bracket to settle arguments. NOTE: Nielson still believes that #6 seed The Sandlot is the best baseball movie ever. The Sandlot drew a tough first round matchup against Field of Dreams and Nielson could not build a good enough case to create the upset. Read the Rules...

ORGIN: After several days of debating about how much time one person should spend filling out their bracket for the office's March Madness pool. Nielson said that it should be atleast a half-hour while Chase and Fraser seemed that 10 minutes would be more than enough. Thankfully the boys ended up getting some reasonable input from Roger Rubin of the New York Times and he seemed to make the most sense. Roger said that the amount of time you spend on filling out a bracket really comes down to how much money is on the line. If you are tossing 10 bucks into a pool than maybe you spend 20 minutes filling out your bracket. If you are putting $10,000 into a pool than an entire day probably won't even be enough. (and yes their is a bracket competition on Wallstreet that costs $10,000 to enter). So the easy answer is time spent varies on money invested. Read the Rules...

ORGIN: This rule was inspired by George Washington professor Robert Kasmir. Kasmir was honoured during half-time of a college basketball game for donating $25,000 dollars to a local charity. As part of his special night the professor and his family were given courtside seats to the game. During the second half of play Kasmir was kicked out the gym because he was heckling the ref. He wasn't a coach, he wasn't a player, he wasn't a trainer...he was simply an honoured guest. What has this world come to when we have honoured guests being tossed out because they were a little hard on the stripes? There is only one way to solve this, hence our rule. If you are honoured during half-time you can heckle the ref in the second half of the game. Read the Rules...

  ORGIN:  At one point Tom Brady was known as a great quarterback, maybe one of the greatest of all-time. A year later he was still a great quarterback but some people were questioning his flowing locks. He is still an outstanding quarterback but for some reason he is now going with the full ponytail and that is just unacceptable. Yes he may have more money than most of us can imagine and sure his wife is one of the hottest females on the planet but none of that matters....because he has a ponytail. Odds are this year he will be injured..because he has a ponytail. The only sponsorship that really suits him is UGG Boots...because he has a ponytail.   Bottom line is this....don't have a ponytail. They belong overseas with the beautiful game of soccer. Read the Rules...