Thread: 8/10 panel ball
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Old Thu Aug 31, 2006, 01:49pm
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Originally Posted by JRutledge
I completely believe you. I would hope that someone has a lot more to worry about then what the specifics are on the basketball. If the rule does not care how many panels you have on the ball, then why worry about it (unless you are trying to win a bet or something like that). And for the record, you are not going to find any evidence in rulebooks since then that this requirement of panels ever existed.

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Well, personally, if someone asks me about a legal ball, I tell 'em to look for a "29.5" and an "NFHS" on it. And if there ain't one around like that, which I have run into, then find one that's round, bounces and that both coaches agree is OK.