Posted on 07/16/2025 3:31:04 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iWw1v4blbZo Caitlin Clark.
“They got rid of it in the NBA (Jordan’s rules) but they refuse to do the same in the WNBA.”
They didn’t get rid of it, they stretched the limits of it. Ever watch LeBron drive to the hoop? Opposite shoulder and forearm knocking defenders out of the way and traveling on a regular basis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=CND2s-4bz6c
It is actually taught.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWpMGUhDqXw
And the NBA actually helped the offense with the zone under the hoop where a defensive player can’t make any contact without being called for a personal and if he is in it cannot get a charging foul against the offensive player.
They didn’t stop the violence, they legalized it with rules and interpretation of the rules. Same violence, just different application.
wy69
Happening in society and now happening in sports.
“...now happening in sports.”
So how long is the “spectator” going to lose the sport to business? I was a multi sports fan since my early childhood where I competed and officiated/coached all the way into my 50’s and I have almost discontinued watching sports altogether. It has been so artificially changed into money from sport that there’s no teamwork, team recognition, not a single real thing to use to teach youth responsibility and honesty and integrity. Sports in no longer entertainment. It is business. I can watch the dows and get the same thing. A once pure after school desire is now gone replaced with participation awards and no wish to succeed except the big money which less than 1% of the world ever gets from USA pro sports. So it needs to be in perspective and that ain’t happening.
Oh, we don’t have to allow it. Baseball and hockey both cut back on the violence. Football and basketball could. But don’t hold your breath until the fans drift away and the TV sponsors withdraw. They may have to relearn how to play the game and that will start at the youth contests. And probably 15 years till the changes will be noticed.
wy69
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