vikingman wrote:I wouldn't want it in basketball. It makes sense in football because it's usually a case of one team physically overpowering the other and totally annihilating them. When you're down 50-0, the losing team has such a let-down emotionally that it can lead to reduced effort by the losing team, which might lead to injury. The losing team often has little or no chance of even getting a legitimate first down, let alone a touchdown.
In basketball, no one loses 50-0. A 50-20 score is still a blowout, but the losing team can still manage to put up some points and learn something by running their offense, boxing out, etc.
Indy5 wrote:vikingman wrote:I wouldn't want it in basketball. It makes sense in football because it's usually a case of one team physically overpowering the other and totally annihilating them. When you're down 50-0, the losing team has such a let-down emotionally that it can lead to reduced effort by the losing team, which might lead to injury. The losing team often has little or no chance of even getting a legitimate first down, let alone a touchdown.
In basketball, no one loses 50-0. A 50-20 score is still a blowout, but the losing team can still manage to put up some points and learn something by running their offense, boxing out, etc.
I 100% agree with everything you said here. Class B basketball games are already really short. Stars don't get that much playing to start with if they have a normal coach who pulls them at a usual time. This would make games go by so stupidly quick that the game would barely be worth playing.
And the officials simply want this so they can get paid in a shorter amount of time. That's pretty obvious.
Indy5 wrote:I 100% agree with everything you said here. Class B basketball games are already really short. Stars don't get that much playing to start with if they have a normal coach who pulls them at a usual time. This would make games go by so stupidly quick that the game would barely be worth playing.
And the officials simply want this so they can get paid in a shorter amount of time. That's pretty obvious.
ninja_joe wrote:Montana uses the mercy rule in basketball & I believe it has been in effect for at least the past three years. It is used for all classifications & for all levels of high school play (freshman, sophomore, JV, Varsity) in both boys & girls basketball.
It takes effect only in the second half. Clock must start to signal the beginning of the second half. The score must reach a 40pt differential. Once it hits 40 pts, clock runs. Does not matter if the score drops below the 40 pt differential mark. Clock will only stop for time outs or the end of the 3rd quarter. Running clock once the margin hits 40 pts. It also stops for injured players or for disqualifications (foul out, ejections, etc.) Clock starts once injured player off floor in most instances.
I have seen this rule in effect in MT & I do like it. It doesn't happen all the time, but when it does...it sure helps keep the score from getting WAY out of hand.
I like the 40 pt mark better than the 30pt. It helps eliminate the 100+ pt to 40 pt blow outs we have seen on a few occasions. It will also deter the FEW high school coaches who allow their teams to pour it on a far lesser opponent. They are definitely out there. If you follow ND high school basketball the past 5 yrs, you know some of the coaches/teams that choose to do this. The NDHSAA should simply adopt the same rule. It wouldn't affect the majority of the games out there...just the obvious mismatches that occasionally happen.
RedDirtFan wrote:Indy5 wrote:I 100% agree with everything you said here. Class B basketball games are already really short. Stars don't get that much playing to start with if they have a normal coach who pulls them at a usual time. This would make games go by so stupidly quick that the game would barely be worth playing.
And the officials simply want this so they can get paid in a shorter amount of time. That's pretty obvious.
Could you blame them if that was the case? They get home really late a lot of the time, then go to work the next morning.
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