3 FTs proposal

[SmokeEater]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

I was giving some thought to the unsatisfactory prolonging of the length of games by continually fouling near the end and came up with an idea.

In the last three minutes of the second half or any extra period, a team having control of the ball shall be awarded three free throws for any foul committed by the opponent with more than 15 seconds remaining on the shot clock if the opponent is behind in the score.


This would work nicely at the NCAA level and for any state which employs a shot clock at the HS level. Other states could use the idea, but would have to go by the game clock, and have someone note when possession was obtained.


The idea is to negate most of the value of the late fouling strategy by penalizing a team for quickly fouling (before twenty seconds runs off the clock) and undermining the goal of trading two points for three. Right now the team awarded the free throws is put at a disadvantage by not having the opportunity to score as many points as their opponent on each possession.

The team which is trailing would either have to allow 20 seconds to come off the clock each time the opponent got the ball or face a stiffer penalty.

How about just making it an intentional foul then they get no advantage to doing this at all.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by SmokeEater

How about just making it an intentional foul then they get no advantage to doing this at all.

Why don't we just quit once a team is up 5 or 6 points with 2 minutes or so left?

[David M]

How about giving the fouled team the option of taking the foul shots or inbounding the ball.

[slow whistle]

Originally Posted by David M

How about giving the fouled team the option of taking the foul shots or inbounding the ball.

How long do you think it would take for the trailing team to kill someone on the leading team if they kept ticking them off by continually bypassing the free throws? Not a good idea IMO.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by slow whistle

How long do you think it would take for the trailing team to kill someone on the leading team if they kept ticking them off by continually bypassing the free throws? Not a good idea IMO.

I disagree. Once they realize the other team is not going to take the shots, but just continue to inbound, there's no reason to keep fouling on purpose. If they get too rough, the rules already allow calling intentionals or flagrants.

[slow whistle]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

I disagree. Once they realize the other team is not going to take the shots, but just continue to inbound, there's no reason to keep fouling on purpose. If they get too rough, the rules already allow calling intentionals or flagrants.

That might be the case if everybody is nice, but my thinking is that you will have more instances where you have more taunting & rough play trying to goad the leading team into shooting the ft's...I agree there are provisions to deal with things like that, but I'd rather avoid them...I don't mind the end of game the way it is now, make your ft's and you usually don't have to worry about losing the lead...

[Oz Referee]

Originally Posted by David M

How about giving the fouled team the option of taking the foul shots or inbounding the ball.

And this was an option under FIBA rules until 1988 - when in the penalty situation (which was one-and-one) you had the option to shoot the free throws or take the ball a the halfway line. It just resulted in harder fouls being committed on players out of frustration.

[Oz Referee]

Originally Posted by SmokeEater

How about just making it an intentional foul then they get no advantage to doing this at all.

Have a look at my previous post - this is what FIBA does