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Old Wed Jan 28, 2009, 07:06pm
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NFHS 10-3-6 (unsporting), or NFHS 10-3-4 (slapping backboard).

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Originally Posted by Bishopcolle View Post
I agree with all of your comments, except your original comment that the technical can ONLY be assessed if the slap is during a try....Contradicting you, the #4 in the POEs this year mentions that the slap, if made during an attempt to block a shot, "should not be penalized." Continuing, "The spirit and intent of that rule is to penalize a player for drawing attention to himself or as a means of venting frustration."
I think we agree. If the backboard is slapped, and it's not during a tap or try (or is touching the backboard or is in the basket or in the cylinder above the basket), then the official could only penalize the slapping with a technical foul under NFHS 10-3-6 (unsporting), not under NFHS 10-3-4 (slapping backboard).
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