Accept the penalty, decline the shots?

[Mark Padgett]

Originally posted by SMEngmann
The problem with the decline the shots part is that it could cause the game to deteriorate to an actionless contest with an inbound followed by a foul.

That's not the meaning of "actionless contest" in the book. There's plenty of action - an inbound play and a foul.

The point I think that was trying to be made was that if you put in this rule as an option and the fouled team opts to always inbound, rather than shoot free throws, the incentive to foul disappears.

Gee - maybe the defense would actually have to try to steal the ball. There's a novel idea.