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the athletic rule resulted in zero ball handling calls-and there were some nasty offerings out there
From: bigtenvb@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bigtenvb@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Palma
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 11:01 AM
To: bigtenvb@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [bigtenvb] 25-point games
I think the stir is that it's yet another change. It seems like collegiate volleyball makes major changes every season, and just when you thought you'd figured the game out, it changes again. For fans that know the game well, we can deal with this, but I think the casual fan gets really confused.
Personally, I would have rather seen everyone else change to 30 point games rather than the NCAA changing to 25.
My reasoning is simple -- I enjoy watching volleyball, and I'd rather spend an hour watching a match instead of 5/6ths of an hour watching a match. I've said it before, and I'll say it again -- I still wish we could go back to sideout scoring to 15. That's volleyball.
Actually given this topic thread about what people thought of this rule change, I'm more interested to note if anyone saw the "athletic play" rule come into play -- did that have any effect on ! a match anyone saw (assuming anyone was actually able to see a match in person or on TV, which we weren't able to do for PSU except for those lucky enough to go to Hawaii)?
--chris
On Sep 2, 2008, at 10:14 AM, Bruce Kvam wrote:
I'm not sure why there's such a stir about this. Since rally scoring was adopted by the USAV and FIVB, games have been to 25 domestically and internationa! lly. In all USAV JO and high school competitions I've seen games have been to 25. The only place games went to 30 was in American college ball.
Now that these players are in college, the difference is -- there's no difference.
Doug ONeal wrote:Anyone who watched matches this weekend (in person or on TV) care to comment on any effects they noticed of the ga-, err, sets now going only to 25 instead of 30?
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