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Old Thu Jan 12, 2012, 02:11pm
Welpe Welpe is offline
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Originally Posted by Scrapper1 View Post
The rule used to be that a player was awarded one free throw for every foul. On the 7th foul of the half, a player would shoot one free throw and, if successful, would be awarded one more.
That explains why the rules about awarded free throws for common fouls are written the way they are.
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