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Originally Posted by rwest
I agree with the rarity of the situation. However, there is no more subjective judgment involved with hitting the backboard while the ball is on the rim or in the basket than touching the net or the rim under the same set of circumstances. If the ball is on the rim and the defense touches the net, don't you call BI? How is touching the net less subjective than touching the backboard? It's not.
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I wasn't aware you were asking for the backboard to be considered
just like the rim in this case. I thought you wanted us to be able to call it
if the slap affected the shot. That would be subjective.
If you're wanting the backboard to be off limits like the rim, I think that's too draconian for the rarity of the play. The other thing here is that in this play, the backboard is rarely, if ever, hit while the ball is in the cylinder.