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Old Tue Oct 23, 2007, 04:34pm
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Originally Posted by RichMSN
As one who actually officiated with the Lack of Action rule (in Pennsylvania), we *did* use the 28-foot hashmark.

This was up until about 1990, I believe.
Before the disappearance of the raising of the hand for fouls, the hash mark could be used to break a closely-guarded count by a dribbler. And I believe the 'abuse' of that privilege is what led to the 4-4-4 an offensive player could use to prevent a 5 second closely guarded violation.
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