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That's an interesting thing: in basketball, fouls are part of the game and used in the last minutes to get the ball back In most other sports, doing that would
by wrsh07 10y ago
That's an interesting thing: in basketball, fouls are part of the game and used in the last minutes to get the ball back
In most other sports, doing that would be "breaking the rules."
Not sure how such a division arises. (Maybe if the authorities make no attempt to "close" said loophole?)
- ghaff 10y agoIn general, in sports there's something of a distinction between fouls that are simply a violation of a game's rules and fouls that also cause or at least risk injuries. The former are generally regarded to be just part of the game and, presumably, penalties are commensurate with the foul. It's not uncommon for "dirty" play to have consequences in addition to the foul called at the time. The basketball example is an interesting one. One assumes that if the league wanted to eliminate that type of play they'd change the rules to increase the penalty in some way by docking points or whatever.