Intentional Foul at End of Game

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by regas14
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Take the opportunity to offer some guidance not a belittling lecture

Based on what you're telling me in this post, you would call an intentional foul anytime a foul is committed at the end of the game by the trailing team if their intent is to commit a foul to stop the clock. In all my years around basketball I have never seen an official take that stance in reality.

[/B][/QUOTE]Here's some guidance for you:

READ THE RULEBOOK; SPECIFICALLY READ RULE 4-19-3

If you do read Rule 4-19-3, you will find that it says "An intentional foul is a personal or technical foul designed to stop or keep the clock from starting". Please note that the official definition in the rulebook completely contradicts what you wrote above.

I sureashell also NEVER said that I would always call an intentional foul under those circumstances. If you really want to know, I would penalize the actual act, not some misplaced criteria bearing absolutely no relation to that act.

Take my guidance fwiw.

PS- It might be a good idea to read the definition of a flagrant foul also. You seem to have a problem differentiating those from intentional fouls, as per your previous post.