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Message: [QUOTE="Plebe, post: 3226984, member: 6927"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.thetournament.com/news/elam-ending-once-again-be-used-all-tbt-2019-games[/URL] The Elam Ending attempts to address the anticlimactic tedium of endless intentional fouling by the losing team in the last few minutes of a game. It is being implemented in The Basketball Tournament (TBT), currently ongoing. [INDENT]"For those new to TBT, let's take a step back for a moment. Prior to the 2017 tournament, Mensa member and college professor [B]Nick Elam[/B] blindly emailed TBT a 67-page document with a way to eliminate endless fouling at the end of games. Under the rule, at the first dead ball after the four-minute mark in the fourth quarter, the game clock shuts off. A target score is set by adding seven points (it has since been changed to eight) to the leading team's score. The first team to reach the target score wins. ...[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]"After testing it out at the 2017 Jamboree, TBT decided to implement the rule change for all games last summer. The results were eye-opening. Not only did fans embrace the concept, but it led to a noticeably better end of game experience both on the court and in the stands. "[/INDENT] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.thetournament.com/news/elam-ending-once-again-be-used-all-tbt-2019-games[/URL] [MEDIA=twitter]1117846800038334464[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]