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Message: [QUOTE="Gurleyman, post: 4868650, member: 175"] Not sure of the origin, but I think the key is that it creates a personal, selfish incentive not to foul. If you want to play, you need to not foul a lot, or you’ll have to go to the bench. If it was just a rule like after your fifth foul, the other team gets two and the ball (as has been suggested), and it didn’t affect your personal playing time, you’d foul more freely and the game would get mucked up. Soccer has the two yellows rule and water polo you are done after three penalties, so it isn’t necessarily unique to hoops. Soccer is a little different since the team has to play down a man, but water polo is a pretty similar dynamic. [/QUOTE]