[Rich]

Originally posted by Texas Aggie
I wish they'd quit doing that crap. I hate the way the NBA mechanics have filtered down to the college/prep level. I think we need to look different if for no other reason than we ARE different. There's too many people that think the rules for 7th grade and the NBA are the same. Sheesh, I had a guy argue with me for 5 minutes (I was sitting, waiting for my next game, otherwise, I'd have left) that we should only shoot one FT for a technical foul (this was back in the '90s when everyone south of the NBA shot 2 FTs). I couldn't convince him, even when my partner handed me his rule book and I showed him the text.

At any rate, it'd be one thing if there was a good reason to use two handed reporting or other NBA signals, but there isn't. One reason the NBA uses the mechanics it does is because it wants to be different from college/prep.

There's no reason to NOT walk and talk. Who needs to sprint to a "reporting" area? Clear the players and report.