This is just from me, and more of a shift in enforcement than a change.
All of this talk about do you foul up 3 or not got me thinking…what if the refs actually called intentional fouls when teams intentionally foul?
I know they aren’t even called intentional fouls anymore, but you know what I’m talking about.
If the offensive team is doing everything in their power to run a play and avoid contact, why should the defense be able to chase them down and grab them to put them on the line?
Why is the quickest whistle at any point in the game during the closing seconds when teams are trying to foul intentionally? Refs will ignore contact for 39 minutes every Saturday, but in minute 40, every dirty look becomes a foul.
Let’s be realistic. Isn’t one of the most exciting plays in basketball when a team is down 3 late and hits a shot to tie? Why have we let the refs take this away from us?
Start calling an intentional foul what it is, and we will go back to teams being forced to play defense late when they’re up 3. I think it would be a welcome improvement.
All of this talk about do you foul up 3 or not got me thinking…what if the refs actually called intentional fouls when teams intentionally foul?
I know they aren’t even called intentional fouls anymore, but you know what I’m talking about.
If the offensive team is doing everything in their power to run a play and avoid contact, why should the defense be able to chase them down and grab them to put them on the line?
Why is the quickest whistle at any point in the game during the closing seconds when teams are trying to foul intentionally? Refs will ignore contact for 39 minutes every Saturday, but in minute 40, every dirty look becomes a foul.
Let’s be realistic. Isn’t one of the most exciting plays in basketball when a team is down 3 late and hits a shot to tie? Why have we let the refs take this away from us?
Start calling an intentional foul what it is, and we will go back to teams being forced to play defense late when they’re up 3. I think it would be a welcome improvement.