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Originally posted by Nevadaref
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Perhaps there was too much trouble with officials judging what was the pivot foot in the case of a player on the floor, so the rules committee just removed the judgement element and made it a travel in all cases where the players gets up.
Much like the evolution of disallowing a made basket on a PC foul.
I hear back in the day, even HS officials had to judge whether the shot was away before or after the foul and then either count or not count the basket. Some vets have told me that they feel the rule was changed to make it easier for the officials because too many of them were screwing this up.
As a vet, what are your thoughts on this?
Politely and Respectfully as always!
[/B][/QUOTE]1)Re:the pivot foot on a player laying down--I think that you're right on this.Trying to judge when and if a pivot foot is established,and then whether it was moved,was leaving way too much judgement in the play for different officials to call.Harder than heck(
) to call,and no guarantee of uniformity if it was called.
2)Yes,the high school rule used to be basically the same way as the NCAA men's rule is now(NCAA women's rule is the same as the present NFHS rule for airborne shooters).One of the reasons that the FED changed to the present rule was to take out the element of judgement.Too many officials were always counting the basket if it went,and then charging the shooter with a common foul(not PC)-no matter when the ball was shot or the foul occured.These officials figured that,if they called it this way,each team got something and neither coach would b*tch at them too much.