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Originally posted by Dubby
So why not stop it immediately after the basket but before the ball is inbounded?
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Dubby, please see my previous comments:
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We're talking about interrupting the flow of the game for no good reason. If you stop the game to get the net down, you give the scoring team plenty of time to set up their press; or to get a sub into the game at an opportune moment; or you may take away the long outlet pass. Why do that for something that has no bearing on the game at all? I don't get it.
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2. 1-10-1 says that the basket shall consist of a white cord mesh net suspended from beneath the ring.
If the net is not hanging freely beneath the ring the basket is an illegal piece of equipment. If you wouldn't start the game that way how can you continue? Are there any other instances where we continue playing with illegal equipment?
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You ever use a ball that didn't have the NFHS stamp? You ever use an alternating possession arrow that had one of the lights burned out? You ever work a game where one of the kids has a "1" taped on his jersey so that there's no duplicate numbers? You ever work on a floor where the division line is painted over by the school logo?
The point of the net hanging is so that you can tell when the ball goes through it. It moves. Well, if it's flipped up, don't you think it'll move the next time the ball goes through? Come on, Dubby. Please be serious.
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Or are you saying that if the ball had already been inbounded that we should way until the team that caused the net to get hung up gets the ball back, therefore not penalizing the opponent?
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Sigh. I've already said quite clearly what I mean. Do not stop the clock to pull the net down. Wait for a natural break in the game.