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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
You know what is really a sad commentary on basketball officiating? You teaching your son the same antiquated, hide-bound conventions that you learned 30 years ago. Why not just let the kid form his own opinion of what should be done in today's game?
The game is constantly changing, Mark. Even the dinosaurs should try to make at least some kind of attempt to keep up with it.
JMO
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JR:
What is the first rule of officiating any sport? ANSWER: You have nothing until you have something. Simple and to the point.
I am about as far as from being a conservative and one can be. BUT, that does not mean that I believe that something should be changed just to change it.
A good example of a rule being changed because officials were not enforcing the rule as written occured in the early 1980's. I think the 1980-81 school year was when the change was made and I am not going to climb up into the attic to check,
. Prior to that school year, the rule defining when the players could enter the free throw lane during a free throw was basically the same for the NFHS and NCAA Men's as it is today for NFHS. Starting with that school year the NFHS and NCAA Men's changed the rule to what it is basically is today for NCAA Men's/Women's. The reason given by the two rules committees was that too many officials (and I am going to hang most of the blame on the men's college officials and the high school officials that emulated them) were not enforcing the rule as written therefore the rule was changed to reflect how far too many officials were officiating the game. The NFHS has come full circle and the free throw rule is the same as it was before the early 1980's.
MTD, Sr.