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Re: Re: Re: New rule change
[QUOTE] Originally posted by stan-MI
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Originally posted by Mark Padgett
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BTW - I don't like any "mercy rules", unless they are just to stop backcourt guarding when the spread gets to a certain point. I don't support running clock due to a point spread because I feel the kids deserve to play the proper time regardless of the score.
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I know of no Michigan official, athletic director or coach who isn't begging for a return of the mercy rule (running clock in the second half after a team gets a 40-pt. lead). Neither the winning team nor the losing team has any fun or learns anything in a blowout of this magnitude.
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I agree with you Stan and I'm from Michigan. I believe that officials from other states who hav't seen/used the mercy rule underestimate it's usefullness. Does the "Walkerville" fiasco from last fall ring a bell?
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