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[QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 4868602, member: 1414"]
Well let's analyze that.

Hockey: you do sit out when you commit a foul.  Would you prefer 2 to 4 minutes in a penalty box?
Soccer: two bad fouls and you're gone for the game, and the next one. 
Baseball: pitcher who cheats is tossed.  No way to commit fouls otherwise
Football: certain penalties will get you tossed.

So why?  In most sports the other team isn't given a free chance to score when a foul is committed.  You get an enhanced chance.  Football you move forward or back.  Soccer a free kick, which can be a chance to score (kind of like a shooting four).  In basketball so many more scoring events occur than in any other sport.  So awarding FTs is pretty minor as a penalty.  So there has to be some larger penalty for continuing to foul.

I suppose you could let them stay in and award two shots and possession any time that player commits an additional foul. It's all about balancing the benefit to the team from fouling with the cost of the penalty.  In basketball and soccer, I think the penalty is generally insufficient to discourage fouling.  So with increased fouling you start to see escalating penalties.
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