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Old Mon Apr 28, 2003, 01:14pm
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Originally posted by stan-MI
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Originally posted by Dan_ref
No need for a mercy rule in basketball, it will eventually end and it creates no greater risk of injury...unless one of the teams gets rough, but that's something else again.
...All these types of games do is dramatically increase the number of frustration fouls and rough play.



That's an officiating issue.

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No one learns anything from this type of game. It's just a layup drill for the winning team, and even the deep bench players on both teams lose interest in playing.


And that's a coaching issue.

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