I think we should take the BI rule the other direction and eliminate at least one thing that is currently BI.
Why should a basket be awarded or canceled because a player merely
touches the net while the ball is on the ring? BI for grabbing the net and causing the ring to move, I'm on board with that. BI for getting a hand caught in the net and causing the ring to move, I'm good with that too. But merely batting the strings? I don't think so.
I would dare say this part of the rule is so universally disagreed with that it is almost never called. I have never called BI for this. I have never seen any other official call BI for this, at any level.
As I understand it, FIBA gets along quite nicely without a BI rule at all.
