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Heres my two cents. NFHS cant ever adopt anything fro someobody else because it's not their own.
This is an example. The three-tenths of a second/shot rule is another.
However given the way they view High School it may be a transition. The rules are still written assuming people know nothing about basketball (raised hands for whistles etc)
They may be looking at a transition so that there was not a major reewrite to a lot of rules. I agree that a team holding the ball for a throw-in in in "control" but what other rules would need to be changed if they changed that definition given the wording of the NFHS book?
- throw-in going back court would either be illegal ( Rule 9-9 states that player shall not be first to touch ball after it has been in team control in front court) NBA rule is this way with an exception the last two minutes... so if we wnated the same rule as interpreted now there would be an exception to 9-9 to be created
-three second rule 9-7 states that player cant be in lane wile ball is in control of team in front court. And of course you know someone out there would call three seconds before you had your 5 count done if there was not an exception or a change in wording to team in control and ball in bounds.
- May even have to rewrite Rule 9-8 since the ten second count is when team is in continuous control f ball in BC for ten seconds. So without a rewrite of that rule as well... Following the exact definition team inbounding holds ball for 4 seconds now only has six seconds to get ball across time line.. (remember NCAA 10 second count for men starts differently than NFHS-- touched instaed of control)
I just dont think they wanted to rewrite that many rules and confuse some officials, and a lot of coaches.
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