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Old Thu Jan 02, 2003, 12:13pm
Jurassic Referee Jurassic Referee is offline
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The rationale behind the 80% rule was that a team didn't deserve a TO if a turnover was pending,and that you penalized good defense by giving them one.The logic was that 80% of a time count was about when a "pending turnover" should kick in.It never applied to 3 seconds.Stupid rule,IMO!
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