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Originally posted by Mark Padgett
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?
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It's no different than the reasons that losing possession needs to be taken out of technical foul situations. In this sitch, the penalty is losing the ball. If you give FTs to a defender that took a charge, you've penalized the offense twice. You've taken the ball from them AND you've given the defender FTs. If you call a foul on the defense, there's just one penalty. I think that's the rationale behind the NBA rule and I would have to agree with it.
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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.
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Okay. I'll go along with that but for boys only. I've seen a lot of lower level girls' ball where there could be 20 held balls in a game. Imagine having a jump ball for each held ball in a 8th grade girls game!
