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I think there's 3 big reasons, all of which sort of relate back to each other:
1. Injury risk. While anyone can get hurt anytime (i.e. during a game) attempting a dunk, the thought is that during warm-ups, the kids aren't yet warmed up and might get hurt due to that when they wouldn't if they were already in the game and warm.
2. Turn pre-game into spectacle. One side does it; the other side tries to do one better. Next thing you know, there's taunting, etc.
3. Equipment risk. I don't think there's much to this, but its still a moderate risk, especially in older gyms.
Again, it isn't so much that its 1, 2, then 3 as much as 2 makes 1 and 3 more of a factor. I keep thinking the committee is going to revisit this issue, but after writing this out, I now suspect coaches don't want to change it. They want the officials to control it, then ***** when they do.
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