Here is an idea that I heard some talking head raising a few weeks ago:

Do away with the fouling out rule.

A good alternative would be that it is a 1 shot technical for every foul a player commits after his 5th. That way, the Heat could leave Shaq in there when he has 9 fouls and just take the chance that another foul by him could cost them 3 points.

This would accomplish a few things. 1) Players/Coaches/Fans would not get so pissed every time a call goes against them, because it doesn't take a player out of the game. 2) Along those lines, it would allow coaches to keep stars in the game when they are in pseudo fould trouble... ie 2 in the 1st quarter, 4 in the 3rd quarter, etc. 3) That would make it harder to fix games for the refs b/c they would have to keep calling unreasonable fouls... vs just getting a certain player to sit on the bench with 2 quick calls as it is now.