|
I agree with most that an intentional foul needs to be called here. The officials should realize what is going on here. The worst free throw shooter is being seeked out and fouled without the ball. If he has the ball I have no problem with a normal foul. The first chuck/impede should not be called because the officials don't know if this is intentional yet or just physical play. They correctly wait to make sure that it is intentional. Now by the time they call it it is an easy sell. If they call it as soon as it happened as an intentional foul they are going to take some heat. I don't think we can call a guideline off ball foul under 30 seconds left with the defense down by 2. We are rewarding the defense too much here. Of course, if this same play happnes earlier in the game I agree that the foul should be called immediately on the first contact and it should be a normal foul. However, the officials have to know that in this situation the defense is trying to take a foul on a bad free throw shooter.
__________________
eli roe
|