The worst rule in basketball

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TheFied

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IMHO it makes no sense when a player gets a loose ball foul in his own offensive territory that the other team gets free throws 80 feet away (if they are over the foul limit). I hate it. Both NBA and NCAA have it.

I have been watching a ton of college basketball all day and have seen it a few times.
 
I think his point is he'd rather see a loose ball foul on that end of the court for the offensive team treated as a charging foul. I don't really have an issue with the rule...but sometimes I'm mystified by some of the loose ball fouls refs will call...and some they don't call.
 
My choice for worst rule is the one which awards three free throws for a three point attempt.

To make it fair, the person fouled should have to shoot the three free throws from outside the arc. On the other hand, someone fouled shooting a layup should get to shoot the foul shots from beneath the basket.

On the other hand, nobody asked me.
 
All wrong.

The worst rule is the alternate possession rule.

Let's get back to the old days of the jump ball.
 
I hate a charging foul with the defensive guy standing under the hoop. I love the circle in the NBA and wish college would adopt it.
 
Five timeouts per half.

Basketball is a fluid sport. Let's make it three, tops.
 
I agree with Bob on the timeout rule. Other than the NCAA tourney with longer official timeouts, most college b-ball games are done in 2hr to 2:15hr. That is not long at all.
 
I think that the big man should be penalized for getting tied up. In a jump ball, he isn't. In possession, he is 50% of the time and I can live with that. Just my 2 cents.
 
IMHO, a tie-up should basically be a turnover. If you have control of the ball and someone wrests control away from you such that it is a tie-up, I think that should be a turnover. With a jump ball, you reward the guy who can get up faster regardless if he lost control. With possession arrow, you penalize the offensive team half the time and the other half you take the possession arrow from them so the next time the other team gets the ball.

I prefer that over the jump ball.
 
I think you also have to think about TIME. With a jump ball, it takes all of 2 seconds to figure out who has the ball, then you can throw it in. This is particuarly important in a high school/junior high game when there can be upwards of 7 or so jump ball a game.
 
the 5 seconds rule (not the one for passing the ball in). hey, i stood close to this guy with the ball for 5 seconds, can i have the ball? why yes you may.

i would guess this was a pre-shot clock rule so that you could at least pressure a team into either a turnover or a risky pass to avoid 5 seconds but in the shot clock world it's an anachronism that has never been put out to pasture.
 
I think it's insurance to keep the ball moving. But if they cut the shot clock to 30 seconds, then there would be less need.

Interestingly, one person closely guarded can control the ball for almost 15 seconds under the rule. You can hold it for just up to five, then dribble for just up to five, then hold it again.

I've always found it interesting that the men have this 35-second clock because (I've heard) coaches say they need time to run all these complicated plays. Meanwhile, the women have had a 30-second clock forever, and if anything, women need to run plays because they can't throw it to a 7-footer in the post.
 
i would like to see a shot clock in HS basketball. If they can put them in for HS football, should be able to do the same for bball. Nothing lamer than seeing a team take a 2 point lead and go to the spread for the entire quarter.
 
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