If yes, what rules would you like to see, keeping it to a more professional theme / spectator friendly / entertaining style? I already have something in mind, as I began playing in 2001 at age 14 in my first year of high school, 12 years later was the first player selected on a USA Team for a world championship event using one of my less preferred ball types and rule sets, and gained experience with the sport across 7 countries with different styles / ball types. With enough interest, I'd love to use this as a way to create a new community, finding one representative per country.

Are there ever things for the players to hide behind? I feel like dodge ball would benefit from that.

That could be a nice addition, almost something like a Ninja Warrior course design, American Gladiators, Guts, Legends of the Hidden Temple, or Double Dare inspired designs but still keeping it with a professional sports theme.

Yes, and also Jason Bateman must be one of the announcers.

How extreme we talking? Like “dodge a wrench” extreme?

I imagine this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_Dodgeball

The game is a variation of dodgeball, in which players from each team attempt to hit players from the other team with a ball in order to eliminate them from the round without leaving their half of the court.

Yes, and I've heard some players say rubber ball types are too extreme for them, but I think it would be the best type, such as some of the ones used in Extreme Dodgeball.

I also heard something about some people not liking a lot of the rule changes as the game show progressed to new seasons, and ball size differences, so I would say ball size to be the 8.5 inch size.

It's a bold strategy, Cotton.

No

extrem to the max

My shoulder dislocated just looking at the thumbnail.

I think I read about this in OSQ