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Intentional vs Unsportsmanlike
Forgive me if I have brought this up before.
Around 12 years ago FIBA changed the name of its intentional foul to an unsportsmanlike foul, the reasoning behind the change is that it is impossible for a referee (or anyone else) to judge someone's intentions, they can only judge the actions. Given that the USA is (IMHO) a litigous (sp?) nation and that people are acutely aware of political correctness and their "rights" does anyone think that it is necessary or that it would be a good idea for the NFHS/NCAA/NBA to change the name of the "unsportsmanlike" foul? I would be very interested in your opinions, and hopefully it won't just denegrate into a "metric FIBA is dumb" conversation
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Let us make something very clear. The NBA/NCAA/NFHS do not have all the same rules across the board. All organizations are run by different entities and have completely different focuses on the game of basketball. NCAA and NF have similar rules classifications but the nature of those levels is very different. So if the NBA creates a rule, there is no guarantee that the other levels will follow or want to follow. And the professionals are very different than amateur in legality of circumstances. I am also not a lawyer, but I have no idea what changing the name is going to mean from a legality standpoint. The name of the type of foul is not a consideration for what a foul is called. And if I am not mistaken, the NBA does not have any foul called an "intentional foul." Only NCAA and NF have such a classification of a foul.
There is not a one size fits all concern with rules as it relates to the legal system. The two things are not intertwined as you have suggested. Peace
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I agree with Oz...the name of the foul should be changed....or at least split into two: intentional and excessive.
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I can't see any difference either in the FIBA stance of "judging the action" versus "judging the intention". They're exactly the same imo. You still have to judge" that the foul being committed has to meet the FIBA definition of an "unsporting" foul. That is no difference than what we have to do now for "intentional" fouls under both FED and NCAA rules. Btw, I agree with BktBallRef. Your opening comments on American society were needless, extraneous, and irrelevant to what you wanted to discuss. You didn't want to get into FIBA bashing but you started off by "American Society" bashing instead. Pot..kettle...black. Last edited by Jurassic Referee; Mon May 12, 2008 at 05:50am. |
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I don't think it's necessary to change, and I don't honestly think it's that big a deal. But we've certainly had discussions here on the forum about the "semantics" of the intentional foul, and we've often dealt with new officials who have been confused by the the name. I don't think it would hurt anything to change the intentional foul to an "excessive foul" or something like that.
Secondly, I don't see any America-bashing in Oz's post. Does anybody seriously deny that America is a highly litigious society? We invented the "frivolous lawsuit", for crying out loud. Does anybody deny that we live in a society where there is increasing pressure to use "politically correct" terms and conform to certain opinions on sensitive topics? Obviously, this is not the main topic of this thread, and I also agree with Jurassic that Oz's comments were unnecessary; but I honestly think the "America-bashing" comments are misdirected. JMO |
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There's still people (also coaches) who ask for "fallo intenzionale" instead of "antisportivo" (this is the Italian translation of unsportsmanlike). But there's people (also coaches) who don't understand the "over and back" rule which changed much more than 12 years ago to become more similar to the USA one, so I guess it's impossible that a habit vanishes completely. Perhaps the adjective "unsportsmanlike" is not the best choice, but I think that "intentional" conveys a meaning which is not intended by the modern interpretation of the rule (Fed, NCAA or FIBA): judge the action, not the intention, as others have said. It's difficult to explain to someone, who in general doesn't agree with officials' decisions (a coach, for example ), that we ruled a contact "intentional" without guessing at the player's intention or that a deliberate common foul is not "intentional". |
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