Widen lane - Great idea and while you’re at it back up 3 pt line to make basketball more than 3 pt contest with dunks.
Reset fouls - The intent is good as eliminating 1 and 1 works for me. Plus I think they are trying to go to quarters without having to adjust the 16/12/8/4 TV timeout rules. Going to quarters would likely just add another timeout for commercial money. I’d prefer quarters with three breaks per half. But with longer breaks for more commercials to make up for two lost breaks per game
Laptops - Why not?
Foul rules - Too confusing. Six is too many for a 40 minute game. NBA games are 48 minutes so it is still 8 minutes per foul. Or maybe at the start of any overtime any player with five fouls goes back to having four. Everybody doesn’t get an extra just guys the fouled out before that overtime started
Held ball - What do you do on a loose ball after missed shot? Ref now has to decide if possession was gained. Don’t make it more subjective for refs.
Last two minute fouls - How about all fouls in final 2 minutes are three shots? That is no dumber than their proposal. Or maybe make shot clock 20 seconds after two minute mark. Or maybe let the team who gets fouled choose who shoots the free-throw’s from among any player on the floor.
Last 2 minute TOS - Sure if it speeds up game. Traveling - No No No. And how about calling palming to put some more skill into the game.
Reset fouls - The intent is good as eliminating 1 and 1 works for me. Plus I think they are trying to go to quarters without having to adjust the 16/12/8/4 TV timeout rules. Going to quarters would likely just add another timeout for commercial money. I’d prefer quarters with three breaks per half. But with longer breaks for more commercials to make up for two lost breaks per game
Laptops - Why not?
Foul rules - Too confusing. Six is too many for a 40 minute game. NBA games are 48 minutes so it is still 8 minutes per foul. Or maybe at the start of any overtime any player with five fouls goes back to having four. Everybody doesn’t get an extra just guys the fouled out before that overtime started
Held ball - What do you do on a loose ball after missed shot? Ref now has to decide if possession was gained. Don’t make it more subjective for refs.
Last two minute fouls - How about all fouls in final 2 minutes are three shots? That is no dumber than their proposal. Or maybe make shot clock 20 seconds after two minute mark. Or maybe let the team who gets fouled choose who shoots the free-throw’s from among any player on the floor.
Last 2 minute TOS - Sure if it speeds up game. Traveling - No No No. And how about calling palming to put some more skill into the game.
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