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Originally Posted by TomCollins
In general, I'm against the idea of willingly and openly committing a penalty ever being super advantageous. At best it should make it incredibly hard.
Examples:
* Intentional walk in baseball - not sure how to get around this, though
* Intentional pass interference from DBs when they get beat
* Fouling in basketball at the end of games
* Handball on that guy in soccer who got a red card at the end of the game, but made his team advance in the WC. I almost don't mind this one because the penalty was pretty severe. He had to sit the rest of the tourney, they had to win a man down in extra time, they had to save the PK, etc...
Committing a penalty is a tactical move that should be part of the game imo. A lot of penalties outlaw things that everyone would otherwise be doing in the spirit of competition, and usually, players
still break the rules by interfering, or holding, or tripping, etc., they just don't get caught. I see what you're saying though, the intentional handball penalty is a great example... I just don't think every penalty should be that tough.
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Originally Posted by C-Viggity
how many times has shortening 35 second shot clock been said, cause i wanna say it again
I forget which tourney game it was, but I watched a team that was leading late in the 2nd half lock somebody down for 25 seconds. And the other team wasn't even worried, cause they had 10 second to score. It was absurd. otoh college bb incorporates the tactic of wasting clock into its rules.
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Originally Posted by dawade
Adding extra pressure to teams that already shoot and execute poorly on the offensive end seems like a bad idea.
It will help them more than it hurts them imo... if they compete, they do it with defense. And the 35-second clock in no way rewards defense. That's ****in forever to protect a lead with 5 minutes left.
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Originally Posted by T50_Omaha8
This might have been mentioned, but having the penalties offset after a defender jumps offside and offensive holding occurs on that player seems ridiculous. Especially when the defender looks like he's about to destroy the QB.
The play should just get called dead when a player holds, and the offense should get their five.
The NFL rules specifically address that with the "unimpeded path to the QB" clause.
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Originally Posted by jogsxyz
Should be loss of down plus five yards from point of infraction.
idk, I could always go for punishing it more severely, but I'd bet the average grounding penalty is longer than the average offensive hold. QB's are usually running for their lives when they just fling it downfield.
Last edited by five4suited; 03-31-2011 at 06:37 PM.
Reason: basically I think pro sports rules are pretty good. The way they all promote offense pisses me off, but that's another story