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There seems to be a "movement" among sevaral talking heads to make the Hack-a-Shaq strategy against the rules. While it seems stupid to say "Since some of these professionals who are paid millions a year because of their skills have a glaring hole in their game we are making it against the rules to foul them when they don't have the ball" I can see their point. One, there is some evidence that TV share points drop when this starts because the game turns into a FT shooting contest (would you watch an extra-point kicking contest in the NFL?). Second, it really doesn't make sense to have one set of rules for 46 minutes and a second set of rules for 2 minutes.
Personally, I think they should eliminate the change during the last two minutes. Make these "athletes" fix the hole in their game or force to HC to decide if their defensive skills more than make up for the offensive weakness.
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