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Old Wed Apr 09, 2003, 07:09pm
mick mick is offline
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Re: I hate this suggested rule.

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Originally posted by JRutledge
In Basketball the clock pretty much runs anyway. It only stops for dead ball situation, and basically that does not take that much time if the officials keep the game going.
Rut,
With a really unskilled, down-by-30 team on the floor:
  • Lotsa fouls
  • Lotsa out-a-bounds
  • Lotsa travels
  • Lotsa crashes
  • Lotsa substitutions
  • Lotsa time-outs by losing coach who has finally to use that venue to finally begin coaching.

    The fans even get tired of yelling and begin yawning.
    mick
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