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Old Mon Feb 16, 2004, 03:32am
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Originally posted by RookieDude
Yes, I read the comment...it says the "purpose of the rule is to penalize intentionalcontact with the backboard"...

I guess what I'm asking Mark... do you think it would be good to have a new BI rule for an opponent causing the ball not to enter the basket, because of the striking of the backboard unintentionally? (And keep the Technical for intentionally)

I think that to do it the way that you propose above would require waaaaay too much judgement on an official's part as to whether the slapping of the board actually did cause the ball to spin out or not. How do you know for sure that the ball wasn't gonna spin out anyway, without the slap? I just don't think that you can set up proper criteria for this call that will ever allow you to attain uniform judgement on it- especially by newer officials who are still trying to figure out which end of the whistle to blow. Not only would we have to judge in a split second whether the slap was intentional or not, at the same time we'd also have to judge the result of the slap too. The simpler the rules are to interpret and call, the better they are for all of us. Jmo.
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