Senser81
VSN Poster of the Year
"Player control foul"!
Why do college officials consistently award players on defense who are out of position and slide in under an offensive player who has already left his feet to shoot the ball? Its a dangerous play, sometimes leading to injury, and its explicitly against the rules. But the officials ALWAYS screw up this call. I don't get it. Players even do this on fastbreaks...a defender is racing back after a steal, and as the offensive player is going for a layup, the defender merely runs underneath the offensive player and somehow draws the charge while never establishing position at any point during the play.
Iowa State was robbed in their game against Ohio State. OSU alum Clark Kellog had the issue wrong from the start...it didn't really matter if Craft was under the basket or not, the problem was that Craft had come over late and tried to establish position (which he never did, obviously, because his right foot was never on the ground....score one for logic and one against Kellog) after the Iowa State player had already left his feet. To hear the Commissioner of Officials come on afterwards and defend the call was a joke...Craft's play met none of the criteria for taking a charge. Amazingly, Charles Barkley, who I think has seen 3 or 4 college basketball games in the last 10 years, was the voice of reason on this.
Why do college officials consistently award players on defense who are out of position and slide in under an offensive player who has already left his feet to shoot the ball? Its a dangerous play, sometimes leading to injury, and its explicitly against the rules. But the officials ALWAYS screw up this call. I don't get it. Players even do this on fastbreaks...a defender is racing back after a steal, and as the offensive player is going for a layup, the defender merely runs underneath the offensive player and somehow draws the charge while never establishing position at any point during the play.
Iowa State was robbed in their game against Ohio State. OSU alum Clark Kellog had the issue wrong from the start...it didn't really matter if Craft was under the basket or not, the problem was that Craft had come over late and tried to establish position (which he never did, obviously, because his right foot was never on the ground....score one for logic and one against Kellog) after the Iowa State player had already left his feet. To hear the Commissioner of Officials come on afterwards and defend the call was a joke...Craft's play met none of the criteria for taking a charge. Amazingly, Charles Barkley, who I think has seen 3 or 4 college basketball games in the last 10 years, was the voice of reason on this.
