These Athletes Forced Their Sports To Change The Rules

Paul Westphal

In the 70s, you could have an infinite number of timeouts and all that it cost was a free throw for the opposing team but you could still retain possession of the ball. Paul Westphal called for a timeout when his team were down by one point and there were just seconds left on the clock.

Westphal knew that the opposition would get the free throw and they went up by two but the Suns came back to draw and the game went into triple overtime. The rule to stop this was eventually put into place as it drew the game out indefinitely.