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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
And the high school philosophy was completely different. The NFHS rulesmakers changed the penalty to 2 FT's and the ball so that the harsher penalty would act as a deterrence to unsporting acts. The idea was that if you were going to give up 2 free throws and the ball, you might think about it before doing something unsporting. The NCAA softening that penalty lowers that deterrence aspect. Who knows whether the NFHS rulesmakers will change their philosophy to follow too.
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I was under the impression the NCAA "softened" the penalty so that officials would be more inclined to make the call. I believe the prevailing opinion among officials was the penalty was harsh (2 FT's and loss of possession in many cases), so they wanted to reserve the call for the most egregious of acts. I thought I remembered reading that the rules committee changed it so officials would be a little more inclined to make the proper call.
I haven't seen any POE's from the Fed. regarding needing to call more T's, or do a better job of penalizing behavior. I would assume if I had, it would be more likely they would consider lessening the penalty for the same reason the NCAA did. Jmo.