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Originally Posted by BillyMac
Also noticed, much to my personal dismay (one college game in forty years), a slight shift more toward college rules and mechanics compared to high school rules and mechanics.
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I will say this and let it go. The game has been that way ever since I played over 30 years ago. When the 3 point line was implemented in high school, the college game did it either the same year or the year before. That has been the same as an official for the last 25 years or so I have been officiating. Just about ever new mechanic or philosophy came from another level. The game does not just change at the NBA or college level, it changes at all levels. Three point shooting is a thing no matter what the level. No one plays a post game like they used to.
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Originally Posted by BillyMac
Is this Forum still the best place to get great information about basketball officiating? I haven't looked lately but when I discovered and then later joined this site fifteen years ago that was certainly the case.
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Not even close. Too many other forums and outlets of information and right or wrong this type of forum is going by the waist side. This forum has been around since the mid-90s in some form. Not many people do this kind of site at all like once was.
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Even long after I hang up my whistle (let's see how I do wearing both an ankle brace and a knee brace in my middle school games this winter), I still plan to continue my membership on my local board (main reason why I recently volunteered and was selected for a training committee), and to keep posting, and learning, on the Forum.
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Good and stay engaged, but you will lose people if you always make those kinds of jokes that you have to explain. Just an opinion.
Peace