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Old Mon Nov 17, 2014, 04:50pm
JRutledge JRutledge is offline
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thanks for the discussion guys.....surprised most don't agree it's stupid
Most of us do not care. We do not have the energy to dissect every rule.

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if our only good reason for moving it to half court is because it's "simpler"....we might want to think about that.....
That is not the only reason you were given. The rule is more punative than other levels. And when a team has the opportunity to make the FTs and get the ball back, other levels do not necessarily give the ball to the offended team.

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I still haven't heard a good reason other than that....and honestly thats not even a good reason...and quite honestly it's a pretty lame reason not to change an administrative part of a rule....if we aren't good/focused enough to remember where the ball should be thrown in, we might want to pick up a new hobby....
Well take it up with the rules committee. And you might have to take it up with other rules committees because even at the NCAA level, there are situations where the very same application would take place depending on the classification of the T. And once again, most of us here and other places do not care. Not our job to spend all that time worrying about this issue. Actually the is the first time I have had this kind of conversation about what is equitable with the rule.

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