Basketball Thread!

[i_amtrunks]

Basketball is officially a non-contact sport and if you're playing in a comp that still has unsportsmanlike fouls then the association and the referees need to go back and read the rulebook.

Unsportsman and professional mean the same, who really cares what name they use, it is the same thing, and results in the same penalty.

There is nothing wrong with an intentional foul to waste time/ win a game, as long as that intentional foul is not dangerous (hand contact on arm, rather than a head shot).

Netball, hockey and soccer are also non contact sports, but anyone who has played them knows that they are full contact, just that the intention of any contact is meant to be the ball, rather than the player (ala the football codes).