Intentional Foul to Stop Clock

[Paul LeBoutillier]

Originally posted by Peter Devana
If we all were strong and called it right the problem would go away!

Maybe. Last year I had a situation where a team committed an obvious foul to stop the clock at the end of a game, and when I went to the table and signaled that it was Intentional I thought the coach was going to blow up, but he ended up yelling at the player, not me. I appreciated the fact that he at least recognized the validity of my call and the obvious intent of the foul.

The NF encouages us to have the guts to make this call, regardless of the time frame in the game, and coaches need to spend time training players how to strategically foul in such a way that the clock stops and they don't get the Intentional call. (See Points of Emphasis #5)