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Originally Posted by Texas Aggie

It's terribly broke. That was the point of the post. You may not agree with that, and that's fine, but is the game really helped when the last minute of it lasts 10 minutes and is filled with what amounts to intentional contact and free throw shooting?

Have you ever really seen this? I haven't. Usually, at most, you see about 3 or 4 of those fouls before either time runs out or the lead expands to the point where the trailing team gives up.

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Originally Posted by Texas Aggie

I was thinking (actually, the thought came to me during a game) that instead of the rule reading as offering a "choice", it could allow the offended team to "decline" penalty, like in football.

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It ain't broke. Don't fix it.

It's terribly broke. That was the point of the post. You may not agree with that, and that's fine, but is the game really helped when the last minute of it lasts 10 minutes and is filled with what amounts to intentional contact and free throw shooting?

Would it be better if the team ahead by 8 points with 2 minutes to go had no chance of losing because with no shot clock and no 1-and-1 there is no strategy capable of overcoming that lead?