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Originally Posted by Camron Rust
It's more about autonomy than the need for a seperate set of rules. Except for the shot clock, every level could use the same set of rules and it would work just fine. The rules differences are generally subtle. There is no good reason that the women can't have a 10 second backcourt count, or why the airborne shooter rule can't be the same between NFHS and NCAA.
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You just answered your own question. Why should the shot clock make a difference? NCAA Men's is changing the 3 point line by next year. If those two rules were changed for HS it would greatly affect the game at the HS level more than it would for the college ranks. They need to stay different to help address issues that only apply to those levels or leagues.
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Originally Posted by Camron Rust
FIBA, NCAA, NFHS, (and possibly the NBA) could unify their rules quite easily if the wanted to but to do so would make the people involved in most of them redundant and no longer needed. The egos of those in each of those groups are too large for them to go down a path that eliminates thier uniqueness.
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Ego has little or nothing to do with it. The NCAA is a group of colleges that have membership with other colleges across the country. I do not see why they would want to use rules that apply to high schools. You do not see College Professors with the same requirement as an elementary education teacher to gets for tenure.
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