Something needs to be done

[BDYZR]

Just curious. What if the strategy was used, and it took an extra few minutes, for a USF game and USF won the UAB game?

[Friscobull]

9 hours ago, BullsWinBucsWin said:

All of the stupid referee reviews that take place throughout the game are much more of a problem, IMO.  

It has gotten completely out of hand, slowly killing the sport, especially the last few minutes.  

[79 Bull]

How about these?

No matter how many timeouts you have left, you can only use 1 in the last 45 seconds.  On your team's 3rd foul (and beyond) in the last 60 seconds of the game, the team fouled on gets 2 points and inbounds the ball.  Done.  Let's move on.

[Buller64]

I agree that this fouling at the end of the game desperately needs to be changed. The biggest problem is that it gives the losing team a chance to win by breaking the rules of the game. It is the only game where you can win by breaking the rules. WTF? Why have rules then? That is absolutely ridiculous. The NBA tried to fix this problem by instituting a 3- point shot but that hasn;t worked. It is time to try something else. 

[olafberserker]

There's a rule against fouling?

[Buller64]

Just now, olafberserker said:

There's a rule against fouling?

A foul means that you broke the rules or has that changed too? 

[olafberserker]

2 minutes ago, Buller64 said:

A foul means that you broke the rules or has that changed too? 

A foul is generally some kind of illegal contact with a player usually impedes the other player.   Fouling in and of itself is not illegal.   

[Buller64]

Ok, apparently you trying to be a pain (watch out Puc you may have competition here). A foul refers to illegal personal contact or unsportsmanlike conduct on the court or sidelines of a game. Every foul violates a rule, but not every rule violation counts as a foul. Therefore, fouling at the end of a game does in fact violate the rules. I would tell you to refer to a rule book but based on what I have seen of basketball lately the rulebook apparently no longer exists. 

[olafberserker]

1 minute ago, Buller64 said:

Ok, apparently you trying to be a pain (watch out Puc you may have competition here). A foul refers to illegal personal contact or unsportsmanlike conduct on the court or sidelines of a game. Every foul violates a rule, but not every rule violation counts as a foul. Therefore, fouling at the end of a game does in fact violate the rules. I would tell you to refer to a rule book but based on what I have seen of basketball lately the rulebook apparently no longer exists. 

Oh I get it.  A team gets a foul for violating a rule.   Don't they continue that throughout the game or do they stop getting free throws and such at the end of games?

[CousinRicky]

48 minutes ago, Buller64 said:

The NBA tried to fix this problem by instituting a 3- point shot but that hasn;t worked. It is time to try something else. 

The NBA had some rules back in the day to penalize teams for excessive fouling. One was, when in the penalty, the shooter got 3 chances to make 2 on a shooting foul.  2nd foul in the last 2 minutes of a game (maybe 1/2) resulted of putting a team in the penalty. That rule may still be on the books but don't watch enough NBA games to know for sure. They stopped the 3 to make 2 to speed up the game.