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Originally posted by Hawks Coach
Situation C: Supervisor of a league mandates a rule interpretation in the interest of player safety and enjoyment of the game of basketball. Kids involved are getting their very first basketball experience, trying to decide if this is a game they want to play.
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Originally posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
Please tell me that the officials, after receiving the letter from rec. dept., that what the team was doing was legal and not unsportsmanlike conduct, and showed the rec. dept. the rule book.
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The point here is that it was THE LEAGUE that made the ruling. I agree with Mark that this probably is best not handled by the refs on the floor, in the first game of the year. But when the league says, "Okay, this isn't how we want basketball played in our league", then the refs are merely taking care of business when they issue an unsportsmanlike T, in this case. It's completely appropriate for the league to take this stand, in the same way that it's completely appropriate for the league to say, no zone defense, or no backcourt pressure. If a ref doesn't like that rule, he or she can work in a different league. The play is legal in high school, according to NFHS, but in the Kiddie Kourt league in Wherever, USA, the board has issued a new rule, and that's their perogative.