Clear path foul

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    Anyone know why they changed the rule?</p>

    It used to be a free throw and the ball and now its two free throws and possession.</p>
     
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    Great question!</p>

    http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2334673</p>

    The "clear path" rule would be tweaked because statistics showed teams are averaging less than 2 points when clear path fouls are called.</p>

    "The original idea behind the clear path foul was we didn't want them to occur. But now, when they do occur, the offended team is not getting the yield point-wise that they should be," NBA vice president Stu Jackson told ESPN.com.</p>
     
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    Thanks for the quick response.</p>

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    Marv Albert was totally stumped the first time that was called this season.</p>

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