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Originally posted by jackgil on 02-15-2000 08:11 AM
Thanks Todd, I agree with you on the basket and technical. Not so sure on interference. Its just I've seen a shot on the rim about to go in and a player has slapped the backboard so hard that it doesn't. I think it is reasonable to say a player has interfered. What do others think?
I think that striking the backboard doesn't meet the definition of BI in 4-6, and isn't listed as a violation in the rules or case book sections dealing with this. So, it's not (under the rules) BI.
Now, *should* it be? Maybe -- but I'm not sure I want to be the one to judge whether the ball would or would not have gone in without the slap. Heck, maybe the ball was about to fall out and the slap caused it to go in?