Comments on: Betrayed By a Dear Friend

By: WildYams

WildYams — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:42:40 +0000

Only two posts here on HP in the last nine days? Are you guys busy writing a book or something? What gives?

By: Clint

Clint — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:25:10 +0000

“Shaquille O’Neal and Wilt Chamberlain forced the game (and its rules) to change to specifically address their dominance at the pro level, not in college arenas.”

Been sayin’ so for years, totally agree.

So, who gets the credit for creating the “19-year-old” rule, in the NBA? It’s having unintended consequences, and promoting shady practices. The best players leave after a year or two, drastically lowering the level of competition, and the subsequent quality, of CBB.

By: god shammgod

god shammgod — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:15:50 +0000

Once correction. Some players have provoked NCAA rule changes.

For example, they outlawed the dunk while Kareem was at UCLA.

The lane violation for free throw shooters was first added to stop Wilt when he was in high school, and eventually made its way to the general rule books at all levels.

By: Caleb

Caleb — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:16:28 +0000

Upsets are nice and all, but what’s wrong with having good teams play other good teams? It makes for exciting basketball, and ultimately that’s what it should be about. I don’t get all the complaining about “no upsets.”