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Old Thu Aug 02, 2007, 05:50pm
Mark Padgett Mark Padgett is offline
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OK, OS - here's the deal. I've been saying for years that the NF technical foul rule isn't fair because it penalizes the offense more than the defense for committing the same foul. If the offense commits a T, they lose two shots and a possession. But if the defense commits a T, they lose only two shots because they didn't have possession anyway (actually, there's a valid argument against this train of thought that I admit has its points). Why is it considered worse if a player commits a T when his team has the ball vs. when they don't? It's illogical. Either we should always go to POI after shooting Ts or give the offense an "extra next possession" when the defense commits a T. Using your logic, I'm going to ignore the actual rule and administer games this way because I believe it is "fair".

Oh yeah - I just threw away my rule books because I don't need them anymore. I'm just going to call games the way I feel is "fair". Just off the top of my head, I can envision no more tall guys being guarded by short guys and I'm going to insist all girl cheerleaders...uh...never mind.
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