Needed college basketball rule changes.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

A far easier change would have been to have official call the charge that happened under the basket rather than require a new marking and rule. Had they done so, the offensive players would have stopped flying in even after they saw a defender standing there. It would have fixed the "safety" problem just the same and could have been done so without a rule change. However, while they may have stated it was about safety, it was about opening up the basket area just as much.

The safety part is so that they will stop allowing defenders to cheaply get contact and either have nothing called or prevent players from being willing to go hard to the basket. Of course the safety part was to open up the basket area. And I see players all the time get out of the way in order not to get a silly foul. I think the rule accomplished what they wanted it to.

Peace