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Old Thu Mar 05, 2009, 02:26am
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Originally Posted by Nevadaref View Post
Many of us have previously stated that the name of this type of foul should be changed as it doesn't reflect the meaning of the ruleswriters.

His partner, Mike Patrick, corrected him by saying that intentional fouls should be called when players don't make a play for the ball. Bilas did agree with that comment.
In FIBA they are called unsportsmanlike fouls, which I think is a more accurate label for them.
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