From one of our local pundits

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Originally Posted by bainsey

There may be unintended consequences, such as more players crashing the boards early, taking a risk they won't get caught, and knowing they wouldn't be penalized, anyway, if the shot it good. The point of the rule is to prevent such early crashes.

I believe the point of the rule is for the player not to gain a rebounding advantage. While I don't mind either way, I do hate when players, coaches, and/or fans yell that the defense left early, and I'm sitting in the middle of the court with a fist out to the side. Maybe if there is consistency between defense and offense violations we won't hear the grumbles. Most likely we will still hear it, and probably more since we won't be blowing our whistle immediately on half of them.