[Peter Devana]

The alternating possession arrow has improved the game immensely at all levels of play. It speeds up the game at the lower levels where there is an abundance of held ball calls and makes the game fairer in that the toss is generally the weakest skill of officials in general. Bad tosses are often not blown down( for whatever reason)and attempted again and this often results in a critical advantage to the team that gets the ball as a direct result of a bad toss. I am surprised that FIBA has not gone to the arrow. As for the NBA,I guess they feel it adds to the "show" aspect of that venue. Also at the NBA you rarely see the jump ball because of the skill and strengh of the players.
Pistol