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Old Sat Jan 12, 2013, 11:05pm
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Originally Posted by stiffler3492 View Post
What was the reasoning for them to be illegal?
I don't know for sure, but here's my best guess. It had to do with reporting numbers to the table. One, two and three are used to indicate how many shots on a foul. I guess the rules committee thought there could be some confusion on reporting fouls.

Reporting was really tough when I started officiating, since people hadn't evolved enough to have opposable thumbs.
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