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Old Thu Jun 02, 2011, 08:16pm
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Originally Posted by Snaqwells View Post
While this is true, there's no compelling reason that's going to get the various councils, committees, and poohbahs to relinquish control to change rules. Some of the differences are fairly significant (backcourt, for example, between FIBA and NFHS), while others are less so ("intentional" vs "unsporting").

Time outs, for example, are simply a part of the strategy of the American game.
It's because of timeouts that you can tie 80% of NBE games at 84 and put 2:00 on the clock.
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