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Old Mon Feb 21, 2022, 05:53pm
BillyMac BillyMac is offline
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Intentional Unintentional Fouls ...

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Originally Posted by crosscountry55 View Post
It might make it easier, though. I sure wouldn’t miss those end-of-game situations where it is clearly in the losing team’s interest to foul, and yet when a player touch fouls and gets a quick whistle, they still react with the same expression of incredulity as a four-year-old whose teddy bear you just stole.
Agree. Fewer intentional unintentional fouls. Less weighing the value of ignoring a touch foul (fouls that we've likely ignored all game long) because one team wants the clock to keep moving, against the other team frustrated that we aren't calling touch fouls so they foul harder to stop the clock. Fewer early touch fouls called that may cancel a legitimate steal. Fewer parades to the free throw line. Fewer free throw shooting contests.

At this point it's a gimmick, but it's an interesting gimmick.
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