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Originally Posted by BillyMac
Three seconds? Ten seconds to shoot a free throw?
"It is important to know the intent and purpose of a rule so that it may
be intelligently applied in each play situation. A player or a team should not be
permitted an advantage which is not intended by a rule. Neither should play be
permitted to develop which may lead to placing a player at a disadvantage not
intended by a rule."
Are there some rules that don't involve fouls?
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Billy, the traveling rule (and the 3 and 10 second rules you note) do not require advantage; by rule.
3 seconds typically requires either advantage or excess, and the 10 second FT rule typically requires even more excess. Even then, it's not how they were written; it's how they are expected.
Traveling, however, as far as I know, is not now (nor has it been) expected to be called only when an advantage is involved.