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Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
The NCAA Men's Rule is a stupid rule and is based upon the NBA/WNBA rule. I could never undstand the logic (oh wait, how silly of me to expect the Rules Comittee to use logic) behind the change especially if the injury was caused by a foul of the injured player's opponent.
MTD, Sr.
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The rule was made in response to teams allegedly faking injuries to get poor free throw shooters off the line.
If the foul is an FF1 or FF2, the defense does not get to choose the shooter.
Also, it is not a requirement for the injured player to leave the game, that's what really stupid. The first year the rule was instituted there was a game between Kansas/Kentucky, I believe, in which the fouled player couldn't shoot, but he didn't leave the game. I wrote one of my D3 supervisors about that situation and he reiterated that there was no requirement in the rule that the injured player had to leave the game.