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I hate the running clock in Kentucky high school basketball. It robs the kids that work their tail off during practice for months from playing time. It's not like football where kids are at risk of being injured by bigger stronger kids. Plus in basketball any coach worth his salt will have subbed way down his bench by the time the running clock takes effect. Julian Tackett, this is one of the worst decisions you have made as commissioner.

Rojas, I respect you more than anyone else on this site when it comes to HS basketball! But you know, Julian Tackett did not make this decision. Everybody knows that a pet peeve of mine is the comments giving the KHSAA, NCAA and Professional Sports leagues (NBA, NFL, MLB, etc...) credit for the decisions made. There is no such thing as a leader in any of these organizations making a single decision or ruling. These guys all work for the schools or the owners of the teams, thus, they have zero power.

For this ruling, my schools AD was on the committee that approved this new rule. This was passed because of the teams who will play their best players deep into games and the "perceived" running up the score. I personally think it is BS. Especially during the beginning of the season, you need your best players on the court as much as possible in order to build that chemistry! As you all have said, it takes quality time away from the players deep on the bench as well.

It's the AD's idea that this will protect the teams who are getting blown out! I contend back to the AD's then, Don't approve the schedule that even puts these teams on your schedule. Hey, a blow out is a blow out. But there are many games on the schedule that WILL be blowouts before tip off! If you don't want to see lopsided scores, then don't approve the games! For the teams on the other side, they know what is going to happen when the schedule these games. That coach who took the game knew what he was up against, thus he had a reason to schedule it in the first place. If the coaches had the choice to vote for this, they would have nixed it!

For the record, our AD voted for it:HitWall: