[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

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.

I know why, but I just do not buy the implication that so many teams were faking injuries to warrent a change. Lets face it, there are so many coaches that think that a defender has to be "set" to draw a charge, to you think those same coaches are smart enough to have their players fake injuries.

MTD, Sr.