re: Should basketball coaches be able to decline free throws?

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Fouling just to get possession is unfair to team A if you want to go down that road.

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It isn't if Team A simply makes their free throws and builds their lead. You see it all the time in basketball. There are teams out there who make their shots and build their lead, and all the end of game fouling does nothing to help. There is a small sample of games where the hacking actually leads to the fouling team winning. I'll admit it happens more in the NBA because they are just not calling intentional fouls. They have no problem reviewing clear path fouls, flagrant fouls, but they refuse to call intentional fouls just that. Again, if you are going to call off the ball fouls intentional and award the ball and shots, then you have to do it for all of the late game fouls because they are all intended to happen by the fouling team.

Look I am on your side, I hate the bullshite at the end of games with all the fouling. It makes the end of the game last forever.