Thanks for all of your opinions and comments guys. My initial reasoning for throwing this out there is that I went to an SEC game this past Saturday and Georgia was fouling early and frequently and put Auburn into the bonus about nine minutes into the 1st half. It suddenly dawned on me that Auburn would probably have rather had the ball on throw in so to attempt a 3 or to work inside for an easier 2 than the FT's offered. The fouls by UGA did not seem to be strategic as would be late in a game.
I agree that the fouling game is like chess. How many pawns, or others pieces/players are you willing to sacrifice to accomplish your long term goal? I just felt that early in the game was questionable. In High School there are many smaller schools and teams that do not roster 15 players but have to play teams that do. Seems that the larger teams would have an unfair advantage that was not intended by rule. Fouling should never create an advantage.
Good points and discussion. Thanks again!
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