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Originally posted by BktBallRef
If you think about it, a player control foul only results in the offensive team losing the ball. But an illegal screen or a push by a player trying to get open could result in a 1&1 or a 2 shot bonus. Why is there a difference?
Or how about a play where the dribbler loses control of the ball and runs over the defender. You have to decide if there was player control of the ball when the foul occurred. With my rule change, the penalty would be the same either way.
Does that help?
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I think a better solution would be to not exclude player control fouls from free throws. Think about this - why is a pushoff less of a foul if made by a player with the ball as if made by a defensive player who doesn't have the ball? The advantage gained by the contact should determine if there is a foul that deserves free throws, not whether a player who fouls was dribbling or not. If you want the penalty to be the same either way, you either have to have no exclusions or all exclusions. I vote for no exclusions.
BTW - I have been lobbying for years to eliminate the possession part of the technical foul penalty because it penalizes an offensive team more than a defensive team for the same infraction. Apparently different levels agree with me. Perhaps, eventually the NF will too.
Also BTW - the NBA does use specific spots for throwins that result from virtually all violations. They only use the spot closest to the ball when the violation is that the ball went OOB. I don't really see any significance one way or the other. FYI - the NBA used to have a rule that if the ball went OOB, the defensive player nearest the ball when it went OOB had to be the new inbounder! This was a real time-saver, but they dropped it years ago.
One other rule change I would like to see is to go to the NBA rule on jump balls. Whatever team gets the opening jump gets the ball to start the 4th quarter with the other team getting it to start the 2nd and 3rd. All other held balls have a real jump. Let's bring the jump ball back to the game and drop the AP arrow in the ocean where it belongs.