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Originally Posted by JRutledge
Our State Administrator for Basketball said that there seems to be a trend from the NF to adopt NCAA Rules for rules changes. then to me that sounds a lot like the NCAA rule.
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Agree with both you, and your State Administrator (didn't need him, I would have just agreed with you). I've seen the "trickle down" effect in action for over thirty-seven years. It never ever goes uphill, its always downhill (NCAA to NFHS). And this is what makes your argument reasonable.
Yes, I find it odd that the NFHS would come out with a rule change press release with the sole purpose (other than something about pebbles on a basketball) of fixing a badly broken interpretation.
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Originally Posted by Rich
I can't imagine a huge headline just to close a weird interpretation, to be honest with you.
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But, I don't believe that there's enough "meat" in the new rule language to make the change to the NCAA rule. If the NFHS was going to make change (and they may eventually do it, see the trickle down rule above) they would have put in some additional rule language, that would have been publicized in the press release. Why keep it a secret?
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Originally Posted by JRutledge
I have little confidence in the NF's ability to realize the impact of their changes when the wording is the most key part of their understanding of what is intended.
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Agree. See "throwin team control backcourt" rule.