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Originally posted by stan-MI
Nothing good happens in a game where a team is winning by more than 40 at halftime. All you get is frustration on the part of the losing team, and the opportunity for hard fouls and poor sportsmanship. No one has any fun (winning team included), and no one learns anything from this type of mismatch. The positives for this rule have nothing to do with getting home early. They have everything to do with ending a bad situation before it gets worse.
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Well Stan, you have a right to your opinion but I disagee with you. You say nothing good comes out of it, and that I totally disagree with. The kids that did not play before, get an opportunity to play the game they watch most of the time. The fouls are not always hard and poor sportsmanlike behavior is not inherient in blowout games. Honestly when the game is more in question, that is the times it can be harder to keep the emotions from getting out of hand. Or a big rivalry which can be that way in a blowout or if the game is nip and tuck. But then again, you live in a state that has this rule, I do not. I hope they keep things the way they are and let these kids play. In the other sports that I officiate that have a mercy rule of some kind is in place to keep kids from getting hurt or ending a game that does not have a time limit. Basketball is not that sport. Playing a little longer is not automatically going to get someone hurt. And if it is, you are not calling fouls are staying on top of possible hot situations.
I have had 20 point games that things were chippy and had 30 point games where everything went smooth and uneventful.
Peace