Something needs to be done

[Buller64]

10 minutes ago, olafberserker said:

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?

So you are intentionally missing the statement that was made. "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." My challenge to you is tell me what other major sport gives the losing team a chance to win by intentionally breaking the rules?

Your argument that the winning team just has to make free throws is irrelevant. Because my argument is that the losing team should not have the chance to win by breaking the rules. No football team improves their chance to win by intentionally breaking the rules and getting caught. No baseball team improves their chance to win by breaking the rules and getting caught. No hockey team improves their chance to win by breaking the rules and getting caught. No soccer team improves their chance to win by breaking the rules and getting caught. No lacrosse team improves their chance to win by breaking the rules and getting caught. Only in basketball can you improve your chances of winning by breaking the rules and getting caught. 

As to your suggestion of stopping free throws at the end of games they actually tried that in the 1970s. Player injuries increased so they discontinued it. In the 1980s they tried giving free throws and the ball, but the number of blow-outs increased and people stopped watching the game on TV. In the 1990s they added the three point shot. I still think they should have stayed with the original rule that the 3- point shot only applied in the last two minutes of the game. They changed that rule because it was too difficult to tell when the 3-point shot applied with a continuous clock. However, with modern technology I think it could be done with the backboard lighting up green on the edges (like the shot clock violation) starting at two minutes left in the fourth quarter. No attempt has been made to fix this problem since the 1990s because David Stern decided that referees should call the rules differently for different players. 

[puc86]

1 hour 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. 

[Brad]

On 3/16/2024 at 8:55 PM, olafberserker said:

How about we leave it alone.  College basketball is the best thing going sports wise.

The only thing I would change would be the continuous rulemaking and video reviews on everything. I agree with Olaf. We’re good where we were with it, and need to stop, with one exception.  To aid doing away with omnipresent video reviews, call the flops and whiplash acting and let the calls stand. 

[smazza]

On 3/16/2024 at 7:53 PM, CousinRicky said:

to change the end of basketball games. They go on forever with all the fouling. In the last 2 minutes if there is a non- shooting foul and in the double bonus, give the guy fouled 2 shots and get the ball back. Just finished watching NC State and it took an eternity.

it is brutal