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Originally Posted by Snaqwells
This is your opinion not supported by anything other than your opinion. You're entitled to your opinion, and even to express it. You're not, however, entitled to levy moral judgments based on others' disagreements with your opinions.
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Levy moral judgments, boy are we getting a little off here. You are right, it is no more than my opinion. However, if the arguement makes sense, or if the shoe fits, why not support it. Why not try to leave the sport a better game than you found it. I'm not trying to ride any higher moral horse or anything stupid like that. I am trying to improve the sport I love thru sound reasoning.
Now, if you can no longer debate the issue, perhaps you should quit talking, because you only make yourself look bad when you try to kill the messenger. IOWs, it's immature, you know, the Mr.Rogers comment, doesn't fit. I am the type of guy who studies the game. You are the type of guy who studies the rules. You, like most of the others on this forum have mastered the rules, and therefore doesn't want to see them change because you understand it so well. It is a classic denial symdrome. If, after viewing the video, you don't think nothing needs to change, you are in denial. Offensive player should have known better, right?. Well, being a student of the game, I can see the fallacy in the rule. When the player started his drive to the bucket, there was no one there, being the game is on the line, he's got to make that shot and his focus is now on putting the ball in the hoop. All of a sudden a defensive player runs underneath him.
When you have athlete's that can jump from the F/T line and hang all the way to the basket. That type of athlete is going to throw a monkey wrench into your fundamentally sound rules. The rules weren't written when athlete's could do that. We also don't need to do a drastic overhaul of the rules either, just tweak a few things here and there. Anything that involves safety should peak your interest and support. I'm not just talking about safety for my kids, i'm talking about safety for your kids too.