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Old Thu Mar 08, 2012, 08:22pm
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Originally Posted by JRutledge View Post
Actually the purpose of the rule was/is safety. The RA is in place to prevent unnecessary contact under the basket that was only intended to get a cheap foul or create contact that would ordinarily not take place. Actually I think the rule does just that and either makes the defender come out further from the basket to take a charge or they let the shooter go to the basket without a crash. I rarely see anyone in the HS game that tries to get a charge under the basket regardless of what the rule says.

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I agree. I never thought parking oneself just in front of the landing spot was good defense.
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