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I was listening to the new BS Report from the Sports guy which features Jeff Van Gundy. They were talking about flagrant fouls, and how suspensions are given out and the inconsistency of it all. There are more serve flagrant 2 fouls that only equates to a one game suspension as a soft flagrant 2 foul that results in the same one game suspension. Are they giving out suspension just to prove that they can? Or are they doing it for the betterment of the game?
The idea that Jeff brought up was how about instead of suspending players for a game for flagrant 2 fouls that could be passed off as somewhat soft and unintentional of causing harm, why not put them on the bench for a quarter or a half depending on the severity of the foul, like they do in Hockey?
Especially in the playoffs to suspend players, especially star players for silly fouls, or even situations of stepping on the foul just because their team mates are in s a scuffle is just ridiculous. Enforce the rule, I'm fine with that, but just do a benching rule for a quarter or a half, instead of suspending them for the entire game, just for the sake of it.
I'm sure with more thought, you can put holes in this idea, but just as a general thought it's a very intriguing idea that could possibly work. Using or series against the Celtics as an example, the Rondo swing around foul against Kirk, I never believed it warranted a one game suspension but I feel that he should have been ejected from the game, but with this rule, bench him for the quarter or the second half. I love how the physical game is back in games, especially during the playoffs this year, a lot more than it has been in the past, but there has also been way too many flagrant fouls and suspensions that have been given out that were iffy decisions at best. With a little tie viewing a player you can almost fully gauge an intent of a person, whether it's a basketball play, or a play to just foul, so use that to your advantage. If it's a hard foul but a basketball player, bench him for a quarter or a half. If it was just a hard foul with intent to take them down, then suspend him for a game, but lets give officials more options rather than just suspending players for any tough play.
Also, another idea Jeff brought up that involved our Bulls player was that if you get a foul across the head going for a lay up, count it as a 2 points and just give possession to the other team. In our instance with the foul of Rondo over Millers head, you can't expect a player who gives clobbered over the head the same treatment as a foul given to a player that gets racked over the arm. Just like how we call the 'clear path foul' of 2 free throws and the possession, with fouls that happen above the shoulder with any force, give the 2 points, and the possession from out of bounds to the opposing team - this will prevent teams from trying to clobber opponents with force above the shoulder which is what they want anyway.
Just some thoughts to chew on about the NBA moving forward.
The idea that Jeff brought up was how about instead of suspending players for a game for flagrant 2 fouls that could be passed off as somewhat soft and unintentional of causing harm, why not put them on the bench for a quarter or a half depending on the severity of the foul, like they do in Hockey?
Especially in the playoffs to suspend players, especially star players for silly fouls, or even situations of stepping on the foul just because their team mates are in s a scuffle is just ridiculous. Enforce the rule, I'm fine with that, but just do a benching rule for a quarter or a half, instead of suspending them for the entire game, just for the sake of it.
I'm sure with more thought, you can put holes in this idea, but just as a general thought it's a very intriguing idea that could possibly work. Using or series against the Celtics as an example, the Rondo swing around foul against Kirk, I never believed it warranted a one game suspension but I feel that he should have been ejected from the game, but with this rule, bench him for the quarter or the second half. I love how the physical game is back in games, especially during the playoffs this year, a lot more than it has been in the past, but there has also been way too many flagrant fouls and suspensions that have been given out that were iffy decisions at best. With a little tie viewing a player you can almost fully gauge an intent of a person, whether it's a basketball play, or a play to just foul, so use that to your advantage. If it's a hard foul but a basketball player, bench him for a quarter or a half. If it was just a hard foul with intent to take them down, then suspend him for a game, but lets give officials more options rather than just suspending players for any tough play.
Also, another idea Jeff brought up that involved our Bulls player was that if you get a foul across the head going for a lay up, count it as a 2 points and just give possession to the other team. In our instance with the foul of Rondo over Millers head, you can't expect a player who gives clobbered over the head the same treatment as a foul given to a player that gets racked over the arm. Just like how we call the 'clear path foul' of 2 free throws and the possession, with fouls that happen above the shoulder with any force, give the 2 points, and the possession from out of bounds to the opposing team - this will prevent teams from trying to clobber opponents with force above the shoulder which is what they want anyway.
Just some thoughts to chew on about the NBA moving forward.