Fouling out?
 

I see Vitale is once again pushing his plan to eliminate "fouling out" and replace it with, essentially, an intentional foul everytime a player with more than a preset number of fouls (5 or 6) commits another personal foul.

Last year, it was apparently in response to Duke having all their players foul out in a game. This year, it's presumably in response to Georgetown losing their stud with only 16 minutes of playing time.

Gotta love Dickie V; what a maroon.

Everytime I see Dickie V all I can think of is "More cowbell!"

I'd appreciate it if you'd continue directing your ridicule elsewhere. It hurts my feelings.

Wasn't that tried for a while in the Big East back in the 80's?

Hey - here's a novel idea. If you want to stay in the game, DON'T FOUL!

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The Big East experimented with allowing 6 personal fouls before disqualification, but I don't think they ever went to the "no fouling out" that Vitale suggests.

Maybe it was the ABA or Feeble.

The NBA actually has a similar provision, but it only kicks in when there are no eligible substitutes left. You can't play with less than 5 players in the NBA, unlike NFHS and NCAA; so when you only have 4 eligible players left, the first player that fouled out returns to the game. Every personal foul he commits also earns a T.

if it ain't broke dont fix it

Next thing you know, he'll want to tinker with the AP arrow rule...
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It's a variation of the "keep-the-stars-in" mentality.

My understanding is that the Big East gave up the experiment because players were, surprise, commiting more fouls.

On Mike and Mike in the Morning on ESPN radio this morning, Steven A. Smith wholly supported Dickie V's idea. He rationale ... of course ... the horrid nature of officiating both in the college and pro ranks the "last several years." It made me sick just listening to it.

Six Fouls ???
 

I also remember that there was some concern about Big East players having to adjust to five fouls during the NCAA tournament.

Steven A. Smith is an idiot. I've never liked him. I cringe when he's on ESPN The Reporters.

Actually, when a team is down to 5 players, once a player commits 6 fouls, he stays in the game, but any foul after the 6th is both a technical and a personal foul.

If one of the 5 players on the floor is injured or disqualified, than one of the disqualified players on the bench can enter (in reverse order of disqualification) with a technical foul assessed for the substitution.

(Spending 2 years at a pro-rule summer league helped me nail this rule :D )

Ok, thanks for the correction. It's been a long time since I actually tried to know the NBA rules, but I thought I had that one right. So once you're down to 5 players, you play the rest of the game with those 5 players, unless one gets hurt? That makes sense.

I actually combined the two rules in my head, sorry.

Not a problem. :) But yes, when a team is down to 5 players under NBA rules, those 5 players finish the game barring injury or ejection.

The scorer is required to record the time when a player is disqualified so that in the event a previously-disqualified player has to re-enter the game to maintain 5 players, the disqualified players enter in the proper order (most recent first, I believe).

At the same league, we had a game where one of the teams had just 5 players show up. In the third quarter, one went down with a sprained ankle and his team had to default. Since it was the last game of the night, that made up for being behind schedule. :D

Did they see you trip him?:D