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Originally Posted by Texas Aggie
I continue to assert that this is totally inconsistent with the intentional foul rule and the POI every year on intentional fouls.
What part of "intentional" in unclear to the committee? If they are going to make this foolish statement (foolish because they want it both ways), they need to change the term "intentional" to something that doesn't mean done deliberately. Fouling to stop the clock means the fouling is done deliberately.
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I agree that the use of the word can be be confusing. They did introduce the word "strategic" a couple or so years ago, and that helps me, but it still doesn't clear things up. For me the most difficult part of the whole thing is the foul that's clearly "excessive" and needs the extra penalty of the intentional foul, and can fall easily under the part of the rule that talks about "excessive" contact, but we call it "intentional" even if the poor sap was trying hard NOT to foul. I agree that a different word would be a useful tool.