Proposed NCAA rule changes for 2010-2011

[AGPennypacker]

Re: Proposed NCAA rule changes for 2010-2011

Isn't the basis of most rules to limit or eliminate plays/moves that give an unfair advantage to a team? For instance, a holding penalty is called when a player is unfairly held up or interfered with.

Also, icing is called essentially to penalize a team for the players not advancing the puck past the red line.

If this is the case, then how could the 'leaving one's feet' rule be enforced? Would that mean that an offensive player could also not handle or touch the puck if, for instance, he fell down to his knees? If this doesn't apply to the offensive team, then wouldn't this give them an unfair advantage over the defending team? I know it's a small advantage, but an advantage nonetheless.

The majority of fans love to see goals and skilled offensive plays, myself included, but let's not try to undermine the basic principles of the game merely to appease fans or fill arena seats.

I hope this topic stays exactly as that and is not experimented with as a rule.

 

[Dyce]

Re: Proposed NCAA rule changes for 2010-2011

I don't have any skill or anything, but I can't imagine it takes too much to skate around a guy who's just laying down, or pass around him.

JMHO.

I think this is a very good point, and speaks to the perils of the mentality that hockey has adopted at all levels over the past few years. Ever since the sport was burned by reacting so slowly to the imbalance created by advances in defensive strategy and goaltending in the mid-'90s, it seems like leagues believe every perceived problem with the game warrants legislation off the ice, rather than adaptation on it.

To me, shot-blocking is a perfect example of a strategy that in no way creates enough of an advantage for the defending team to require prohibition. While the above quote makes things (intentionally, I believe) seem simpler than they are, the basic argument makes sense. Faking a shot to draw a dive or passing around one in progress isn't easy, but think about the offensive payoff: control of the puck in a situation that often occurs on a power play, with a defender off his skates AND out of position. I think there's simply too much potential for teams to address this via adjustments in practice emphasis and game strategy to pull the trigger on an outright ban.

 

[passthepuck]

Re: Proposed NCAA rule changes for 2010-2011

Can't believe that any of these changes would do anything but ruin the game. It is hockey guys not 'let's mess with the rules' whatever. These changes alter the game and make it less recognizable as hockey. If the NCAA wants to invent its own game don't try to call it hockey.

 

[MikeAnderson]

Re: Proposed NCAA rule changes for 2010-2011

I find this image relevant to the thread.

 

[norm1909]

Re: Proposed NCAA rule changes for 2010-2011

Getting closer to 2010-11....

 

[PrezdeJohnson09]

Re: Proposed NCAA rule changes for 2010-2011

I can appreciate both sides of the issue, and "taking one for team", while admirable, is IMO, not in the spirit of the game. But then again, defense is defense and the ability to utilize all available resources within the rules should be allowed, changing the rules to merely to reduce blocking attempts doesn't seem fair either. There is a sport that found it necessary to prohibit “Goaltending” – basketball, perhaps basketball can lend to a compromise solution in hockey – the establishment of a “No leaving the feet to play the puck” zone. This zone could extend around the crease in a manner similar to the “Free Throw Lane” in basketball, in which “Leaving the feet to play the puck” could result in penalty as severe as the official sees fit, from a minor to in some cases a penalty shot.

I dont know Norm.

I think hockey is already a complex game enough for outsiders to understand. Adding a zone like you propose above I feel would just add one more mindboggling thing to a sport many people are confused enough about already.

 

[norm1909]

Re: Proposed NCAA rule changes for 2010-2011

I dont know Norm.

I think hockey is already a complex game enough for outsiders to understand. Adding a zone like you propose above I feel would just add one more mindboggling thing to a sport many people are confused enough about already.

I agree with you, my only thought is, if they HAVE to do something, I hope they keep it to a minimum.