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2. I think you should know I was gearing for the fouling to stop the clock crowd. That would mean this wouldn't apply, obviously, to player control fouls. Perhaps a little thought would have to be given to team control fouls, but as of now, I don't see exempting them as a problem either.
4. Then explain how the lead can see both the rim and the feet of players on the lane opposite him. I have as good a perifial vision as anyone and get back farther than everyone, yet I still have trouble seeing both the rim and the players' feet. Further, it isn't necessary. There's no reason not to allow them in the lane. If there's a foul, call the foul. I played under this rule in HS and before (I think) and then the rule changed. Why they changed it back I don't know.
5. It isn't a rule per se, but more of a custom that I don't like. I was out of officiating for a while and came back in, and now it seems to be of widespread use in varsity and JV games. I'd prefer just to check the book at 10 and leave it at that. Some say if you give the coach the book to sign, then they can't complain when there's a problem later. I had a game eariler this year where a coach actually complained after a player reported who wasn't in the book that we didn't give him a chance to sign the book; we responded it was a courtesy and not a requirement, but he still argued it was required. At any rate, I had many more book related technicals this year than in all my years of previous basketball officiating.
These were posted as ideas, not specific word for word rule changes or to be strictly interpreted as such. I'm just trying to get a discussion going, so ignore absolutes like "all."
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