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Originally Posted by Zoochy
Both teams are on the court and before the Referee enters the circle for the Jump Ball, A5 jumps up, grabs the basket ring and does a Chin-up.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BillyMac
10-4-3: Player Technical: A player must not: Grasp either basket at any time during the game except to prevent injury; dunk or stuff, or attempt to dunk or stuff a dead ball.
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The intent and purpose of this rule (and a similar dunking rule) is to prevent damage to the basket before, or during, the game.
A broken, or distorted, rim could delay a game.
That is why I believe that this rule should be adjudicated as soon as the officials’ jurisdiction begins (similar to the adjudication of pregame dunking).
2-2: Officials’ Jurisdiction: The officials’ jurisdiction, prior to the game, begins when they arrive on the floor. The officials’ arrival on the floor must be at least 15 minutes before the scheduled starting time of the game. The officials’ jurisdiction extends through periods when the game may be momentarily stopped for any reason. The jurisdiction of the officials is terminated and the final score has been approved when all officials leave the visual confines of the playing area.
In Zoochy's original post, the offender was a player, thus no indirect technical foul the head coach.
It could also have been bench personnel if the infraction occurred in pregame warmups, in which case the head coach would receive an indirect technical foul.
10-5-1-I: Bench Technical: The head coach is responsible for his/her own conduct and behavior, as well as substitutes, disqualified team members and all other bench personnel. Bench personnel, including the head coach, must not: Grasping either basket except to prevent injury; dunking or attempting to dunk or stuff a dead ball.
Here’s today's history lesson:
When Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul Jabbar) (UCLA 1966-1969, NBA 1969-1989) started playing basketball for UCLA Bruins, NCAA officials felt that the seven foot, two inch All-American center, being especially tall and athletic, could place the ball over the rim and throw it through the hoop with ease. This feat of athleticism which we all know as the dunk, and seems so routine now, was not so routine back in the mid-1960’s. It was considered unfair that he could do it so easily. So the NCAA banned dunking in 1967. This was called the “Alcindor Rule”. Another reason dunking was outlawed was to prevent injury and equipment damage. A distorted rim could delay a game. As a result of the rule, Alcindor developed a great hook shot, the “Sky Hook”, which he used effectively during his playing days in college, and in the NBA. After multiple issues with the new rule and the invention of the breakaway rim the NCAA allowed the dunk to be legal again during 1976-1977 season which was shortly after UCLA Coach John Wooden's retirement. The “Alcindor Rule” eventually trickled down to NFHS rules. In 1967, the NFHS banned dunking in high school basketball games. In 1970, the NFHS also prohibited dunking during pregame warmups. Like the NCAA, the NFHS reversed itself in 1976 and a rule change allowed dunking during the game but not during pregame warmups, nor during intermissions, and with a later rule change in 1978 outlawing dunking a dead ball.
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