First off let me appologise if anyone took any of my comments as American-bashing. I was simply trying to state that society has an impact on basketball (or any other sport).
One of the main reasons that the name of this rule was changed in FIBA was due to the concept of fouling at the end of the game to stop the clock. While this is certinaly an intentional act, it is not an intentional foul (and is now not an unsportsmanlike foul).
While the choice of the name of the foul may not have any legal or otherwise bearing, it does have an impact on perception....
Anyway, gotta go teach a geography class......so forgive me if this thread is poorly phrased
