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Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser
There are too many drives to the basket that end up being player control fouls because a defender puts himself/herself in the path of the defender
Rich, you just described excellent defense. Why would we punish excellent defense?
[-- not up where it is actually "playing defense" but rather at a spot on the floor where the only possible outcome is for the defender to get flattened and the official to call a PC foul.
If the only possible outcome is for the defender to get flattened, then you have an out-of-control driver and good defense. Call the charge.
[To me, that distance makes a huge difference -- it's good defense if the defender draws a charge up higher -- and a bad decision by the player with the ball. But more and more charges these days are drawn by players who aren't actually defending the driver but instead are finding a spot on the floor and bracing for contact.
Once again you are describing good defense. I'm totally lost on why you want to punish that. A player control call sends a message to the offense to avoid being an out-of-control train and have some body control. All the semi-circle does is encourage the out-of-control trains which has no place in high school basketball.
I know I'm not going to get a lot of people agreeing,
Now that part I agree with.
Codifying this as a rule at other levels would force the defender to come out and play defense rather than play "try to get steamrolled."
No, it would make it impossible for a guard to defend a driving big person other than to wave them by or else get creamed and get called for a foul.
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