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Originally posted by kmref
I think when J. Naismith created the game he meant for everyone to play it the same. The game itself has evolved and the rules along with it. The game is intended to be standard across the board.
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Intended by whom? Lots and lots of high school players have no aspirations to play NCAA ball. They enjoy playing in their own local settings, with their friends and family cheering them on. The rules as NCAA are different from the Fed rules, because there aren't the same people playing. By your logic, all colleges should play by NBA rules, since that is where college players are hoping to end up. But the NBA rules are aimed at a different goal than the college rules. Most people don't find the NCAA game boring, and don't need the whiz-bang defense-challenged NBA stuff to have a great evening.
High school ball doesn't get played on a national level, so the rules don't need to be completely standard. This is different from the kind of ball RockRoad did last spring. In the college leagues, a national tournament is the end result and thus the rules need to be more uniform across the country. The Federation (good grief, that sounds too Sci-Fi!) allows state variations, becuase they recognize that state level is the highest competition that these teams will play. What's wrong with that?!?!