[Van Hagar]

With basketball season nearly upon us, let me get on my soapbox again for a rule change I think is desperately needed in high school (and for that matter college) basketball. Fouling out with five fouls has always drove me crazy, I think it should go to six. I've floated this idea on here before, and was surprised to find it about as popular as an Obama-backed Democratic candidate.
But it makes so much sense to me. Is there anything worse than going to a basketball game and seeing a key player have to sit most of the first half with two fouls? I don't want to hear about developing a bench, I mean do we put a limit on the number of penalties a football player can commit? The best players need to play. Plus, it would take some influence over the game out of the hands of the refs, who (wink, wink) may sometimes know exactly how many fouls a certain player has. I just don't see the negative to it, but I would like to hear what others think.