looking for mercy rule input

[Rick Vietti]

I agree with Rut that I am not sure a "Time" type mercy rule will really accomplish anything.

Instead of a mercy "Time" rule maybe they could institute a "No Press" rule when a team gets up by 30. I think that is a bigger sportsmanship problem when you have a skilled team versus an unskilled team. By this I would go so far as not let the team that is 30 pts ahead challenge a rebound in the backcourt(defense gets the ball off re-bound, now other team retreats to mid court) or challenge any outlet passes.

This would speed up the game and allow the team that is not very skilled to set up and run a play. Now some coaches do this now by having some class towards the other team, but I have seen them keep the pressure on until about half way through the 4th quarter.