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Originally Posted by JRutledge
There are no rule requirements of how many panels are on the ball. I do not know if there ever was anything covering the panels on the ball. There were no rules changes about the 10 panel ball. I can assume that a 2 panel ball or a 15 panel ball is acceptable if it fits the specifics of the rule. You are not going to find any rule that specifically covers this.
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Sometimes these off the cuff responses, of which you have given a few lately, annoy me. If you don't know, why don't you do a little research before replying or just wait a bit and let someone who does provide the answer. It may not seem like a big thing to you, but if the questioner sees your quick response and then fails to check back later for others, he could very well be misled and that is not what we desire on this forum.
As the OP asked "a year or two ago" and JR correctly answered "in 2003-04 the FED deleted" the part of 1-12-1c that said "
with the traditionally shaped eight panels."
This change was in direct response to the development of the new 10-panel ball. In the comments to the rules revisions that year the NFHS wrote, "This change deletes the previously required eight panels on a legal basketball," as well as "Now schools are provided other options for practice and competition. This is a new product that may permit the players to control the ball better..."
So, OC, you have the correct rule reference, and now also knowing the rationale behind the 2003-04 change to make the rule less specific and more encompassing, you can be sure that a 10-panel ball is allowed in NFHS play.