> I dont watch basketball at all. Strangely enough, this sport has had a similar problem with playing for time that afflicts football/soccer. It used to be a

> I dont watch basketball at all. Strangely enough, this sport has had a similar problem with playing for time that afflicts football/soccer. It used to be a horrible problem that almost destroyed the sport until the invention of the shot clock. I think it may have gone a bit too far in the other direction, to the point where you can ignore everything but the last five minutes of most games, but football/soccer could really use something like a shot clock to force offensive action.