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From: david@tekig.UUCP (David Hayes)
Newsgroups: net.sport.hoops
Subject: Re: Eliminate the Game Clock?
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Date: Tue, 27-Mar-84 17:13:41 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 27 17:13:41 1984
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Eliminate the game clock??  

Everyone likes to watch as much action as possible in
most any sport, but then most sports also allow
certain freedom of play that may not excite the TV
audience.  Basketball is about as action packed a sport
there is today, and I believe those athletes to be
some of the best in the world.  Maybe folks would rather
just have a dunk contest instead of a game?

The use of stalling, fouling, timeouts, etc., to control
the game is an art, and should be appreciated.
If you have ever played organized ball, and tried to stall,
then you know it is more difficult than trying to score.
Fouling to stop the clock forces the other team to earn
their points at the charity stripe, if they miss, then
a weakness has been exploited to benefit the fouling team.
It is all strategy and timing.

Another unrelated point:

As far as the sometimes lackluster NBA, if you had 82 games
two and three a week, it might end up kinda like a job
after awhile.  But then maybe you missed the 76er Boston
game on Sunday....

I can see Akeem the Dream in the Coliseum.....Portland....



dave