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Originally Posted by Old School
Why not try and make it better for both players. That is my position.
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It's not broke, that's my position.
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Originally Posted by Snaqwells The Great
The fact is, the offensive player needs to consider that the guy who's close to being in position could easily get into position before he takes off. Oddly enough, 99% of the time they adjust and there's no contact. Amazing.
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Originally Posted by Old School
It is amazing how you come up with 99%. Using your numbers, if we could prevent just one accident, one collision, one injury to either player, wouldn't the rule change still be worth it?
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You're not using my numbers correctly. I said 99% of the time there is no collision. Even when there are collisions, there are injuries less than 1% of the time. You're talking about changing a rule to stop an injury that might occur once in 10,000 trips to the hoop. Players aren't that fragile.
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Originally Posted by Old School
Okay, this is my response to this statement that I lost. If you're going to debate me on this subject, at least get my position right. I am NOT advocating 2 steps, I am for only ONE step. Get it right! Two steps is unnecessary.
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Really, how about this from your post # 37 on this thread:
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Originally Posted by Old School
In the event that you are standing there two steps before the offenisive player gets there, that is a different story. One step, in my opinion is too late.
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And this from post #39:
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Originally Posted by Old School
Two steps you're good and we don't even need a restrictive area. One step and you're too late, better to go for the block of the shot. I'd say that is a happy medium.
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If you're wanting to change your position now, fine, but don't deny what's in print for everyone to read.
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Originally Posted by Old School
Oh, and the other great point. In the video and the way the LGP rule is determined. There is no way the official, in real time, can make this call adequately. At best, it is a guess. At what point the defender got his foot set (LGP) and the shooter foot leaving the court on the shot attempt is impossible to determine, at game speed. So this rule is already flawed before any changes.
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Deciding whether the player was in LGP before the player too one step prior to leaping is going to be even more difficult because you're going to have to widen your focus since they'll be farther apart. The rule may be difficult to enforce (I'm not conceding that), but your "solution" doesn't fix anything. It makes it worse. You might solve this one play, but now you've taken half the obvious charge calls and made them razor thin margins.
It's the same logic that leads governments to raise the speed limit. "Gee, everyone is driving 74 when the speed limit is 65. We'll just raise the limit to 75 and no one will speed." It's stupid, because people like me will just get out there and drive 84 now.