Thread: Charging rule
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Old Sat Aug 10, 2013, 08:39pm
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Originally Posted by potato View Post
The main reason for RA is to prevent secondary defender from taking advantage by being there early for a charge, but if the so called secondary defender was there to defend his man, won't it be unfair to the defense that he has to make way & get out of position to let the dribbler pass, in this case he not only has to give up his position but also give up defending his man giving him a wide open under basket pass.

won't it be fairer to 1st determine whether the player trying to take a charge was actually there to defend the handler that went pass his primary defender?
The RA doesn't prevent defenders from playing defense (going for a steal, jumping to block the shot, etc.)...nor does it mean the defender has to get out of the way.
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