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Originally posted by johnny1784
IMO, most officials do not have the guts to make this call or many others. Last year, a technical was issued for going OOB for leaving the court for an unauthorized reason whether it was a defender or an offensive player. I feel a technical would serve a better purpose than a violation.
What are the new mechanics for this new rule and for TC's?
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When the penalty for this was a technical foul, it was almost never called, even with the POE last year. Why? Because a potential six point swing (loss of possession, plus free throws, plus the ball) is too stiff a penalty for this "crime." The penalty was, for all intents and purposes, unenforceable.
This year the committee has lessened the penalty to a violation, and we're likely to see some of these get called. Good, I've seen a big increase in this behavior lately. But it's created a potentially sticky situation when the defense commits this violation.
Admittedly we're not likely to see a huge increase in defensive violations. But some people are going to try it, just to see what advantage they can gain. Not every night, and not in every town, but a few people in a few places. There are just too many obvious "loopholes" to not have somebody try.
What the officials on those games will actually do about it remains to be seen. But for the sake of argument, what we need is some middle ground penalty for when the defense violates. One solution I like would be similar to the NBA penalty for defensive three seconds. Assess a team technical, give one free throw and put the ball back in play at the POI. It's got enough sting to make it not worth violating, but isn't so draconian that it wouldn't get called.