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Old Fri Nov 20, 2009, 10:36am
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Originally Posted by Snaqwells View Post
I think it's such a rare event the rules committee would rather not include the backboard in the BI rule.
I also think that to enact such a provision would cause defenders to become somewhat tentative when making perfectly legitimate defensive plays for fear they may accidentally give the opponents a basket. All over a fairly rare situation that would even more rarely result in a violation. And a violation that would involve a far more subjective judgment than any other part of the BI rule.
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