We learned something from this Random Task-esque shot-block attempt by Georgetown freshman Shayla Cooper. Check it out:
Georgetown player attempts to block shot with her shoe
There’s no rule against that!
In the Georgetown-Richmond women’s game Friday, freshman Shayla Cooper lost her shoe early in the second half and tried to block a Spiders’ 3-pointer by throwing her sneaker at the ball. She missed and so did the officials, who didn’t call a foul on the play. Or even a “soletending” violation.
“Picking up a shoe and throwing it is not a rule in the rule book,” Williamson said laughing. “It’s an unsporting act as there’s no rule for throwing equipment. It should have been an unsportsmanlike foul.”
How has nobody ever tried that before? And how is it not specifically outlawed? It seems obvious. If it were me writing the rule book, that would be one of the first rules I wrote, and I’d make it super elaborate, like the rule against throwing your glove in baseball: “If a player throws his or her shoe at a field goal attempt, the opposing team gets four points, three free throws, and the ball back; the offending player must play the rest of the game shoeless; and the loose shoe gets wedged into the offending team’s basket such that it is more difficult for them to score.” They’d never try that again.
