Why Doesn't The NBA increase the foul limit in overtime games

[gangreen]

Watching this Nets and Bulls Game.

If a game goes to overtime, the number of fouls needed to foul out should be seven, not six.

it would allow a for a higher chance that the best players will be out on the floor deciding the game. And that’s what the players, teams, fans, and the league want to see. So, why not allow for one more foul in overtime?

If the game goes to a second overtime, the foul limit is still seven, it does not increase to eight. This allows players a better chance to stay in the game, but doesn’t make it impossible for them to foul out.

If a player fouled out in regulation, he is out of the game. He does not get a chance to reenter the game just because the foul limit is expanded.

 

[Brozay]

 

[Silkk]

They should do it like how they do the additional timeouts

 

[Bilz]

With the way the refs make calls once a guy is in foul trouble, I don't even know why there is a foul out rule

 

[tremonthustler1]

2 words:

DON'T FOUL.

 

[concise]

wondering though ...

if a game goes on long enough and is played nasty enough where one team has a bunch of players that foul out and a down to four players with less than 6 fouls ... what next?

 

[concise]

found it from the rule book

a. Each team shall consist of five players.
No team may be reduced to less than
five players. If a player in the game
receives his sixth personal foul and all
substitutes have already been
disqualified, said player shall remain in
the game and shall be charged with a
personal and team foul. A technical foul
also shall be assessed against his team.
All subsequent personal fouls, including
offensive fouls, shall be treated similarly.
All players who have six or more
personal fouls and remain in the game
shall be treated similarly.

b. In the event that there are only five
eligible players remaining and one of
these players is injured and must leave
the game or is ejected, he must be
replaced by the last player who was
disqualified by reason of receiving six
personal fouls. Each subsequent
requirement to replace an injured or
ejected player will be treated in this
inverse order.Any such re-entry into a
game by a disqualified player shall be
penalized by a technical foul.