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I think the new rule regarding the clock will be very helpful just because it allows officials more latitude to be precise. What I don't like is the continuing trend that NFHS has toward being ticky-tack. A rule/point of emphasis should not be put in if consistently enforcing it is overly-officious. The uniform regulations this year are just that, ticky tack. Who cares about sweatbands and headbands, honestly? Doesn't NFHS have more to think about than this? Also, while consolidating the warnings for delay is a good idea, it should reduce the enforcement of the delay rules, because nobody wants to T someone for a bit of a wet spot on the floor after a TO.
The last couple of years, ticky tack stuff has been addressed, like faceguarding, and leaving the court. These are calls that are irritants. The POE on intentional fouls I think makes the rule tougher to enforce properly. Honestly, I'd like to see an NBA style change of rule, changing the intentional foul to a flagrant penalty 1 and the flagrant to a flagrant penalty 2. That, I think, will eliminate the problems associated with strategic fouling. I just wish the committee would stop being ticky-tack.
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