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Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap
So, a guard makes a great play to tie up the ball with the opposing center, and you prefer to have those two jump it up instead of using an AP arrow? An official's ability to throw up a straight toss has NO BEARING on the change in this rule. The AP arrow has made the game a much better game.
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If I remember correctly (and there's certainly no guarantee of that at my age), the NF did include some statement about inconsistency in "tossing" (no - not the British slang) being at least a partial factor in changing the rule and using the AP instead of the jump on tie-ups.