For years, I've been on my soapbox asking for a rule change in the NF regarding the possession aspect of the technical foul rule. I felt we should give the ball back to the team that had it when the foul was called, just like the NBA. Those of you who have read my ancient threads on this know what I am talking about, so I won't go into all the reasons here.
Guess what? The NCAA made that change for next season. Not only that, they now have two different levels of technicals, resulting in either one or two shots. I never had a problem with the two shots for all technicals, but their new rule on this point is also good, I think.
A typical pattern in the rules is that the NF often (but not always) follows NCAA in rule changes. I hope they make this change at the next opportunity, which would be the 2001-2002 season.
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Fri Jul 21, 2000, 01:00pm
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