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Old Sat Jan 17, 2026, 03:40pm
BillyMac BillyMac is offline
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BillyMac ... I wish we could start the game without a Jump Ball and just have Visitors or Home start with a division line throw-in. Coin toss would be too much. That means I have to bring a coin. I hate to see an official use a penny for the toss. We'll keep the coin toss for Football and Volleyball. My last 3 games the referee stated 'Don't Move' before they tossed the ball. I always wanted to ask, 'What would you do if a player moved?' But that is not worth a halftime discussion. I actually saw an official make a player move his foot. Would not allow him to straddle the division line.
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... how well do otherwise very good officials know, understand, and adjudicate the jump ball rules today, when they are only memorizing and enforcing the most egregious violations e.g., ball touched on the way up, ball touched three times by jumper, ball caught by jumper, and ball hitting the floor without being touched by at least one of the jumpers?
Zoochy: Thanks for helping me to make my point.



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