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Originally Posted by Terrapins Fan
It's a shame that they don't get it. I bet most fans believe the rules were written once and never changed until the 3 point line came into play.
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A few weeks ago I actually heard a spectator shout, "He was forced out" (the NBA eliminated this rule in 1976-77).
Terrapins Fan: Situations like yours were the impetus for my "Most Misunderstood Basketball Rules" list. It's gone far beyond that, but that was the original impetus.
From my "list" introduction: This is a list of high school basketball rules that are often misunderstood by coaches, players, and parents. I developed this list over the past thirty years, officiating thousands of basketball games, listening to erroneous comments from players, coaches, and mostly from fans, and thinking to myself, "I wish I could stop the game and explain the real rule to them". This list is meant to educate those players, coaches, and fans. For example. A player is dribbling the ball in the backcourt and a fan is yelling, "Three seconds". Or, a player is inbounding the ball and a parent yells, "He's stepping on the boundary line". How many times have things like this happened to you?
Don't you just want to blow the whistle, stop the game, and say, "There can't be a three second violation until the ball is in the frontcourt", or, "The player can step on the line, but not over the line".