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Originally Posted by JetMetFan
Because no one could decide which three fingers (no, I'm not kidding. D. Williamson said as much at a camp). In the manual you're supposed to hold up the middle three fingers but not many people did that (I did). Some even did the FIBA method (thumb-index-middle). The rules folks decided to make it half a touchdown to standardize it.
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The reason that FIBA uses the thumb-index-middle signal is because that is the only three finger combination that does not have a negative connotation in any society on Earth.
MTD, Sr.
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Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
Trumbull Co. (Warren, Ohio) Bkb. Off. Assn.
Wood Co. (Bowling Green, Ohio) Bkb. Off. Assn.
Ohio Assn. of Basketball Officials
International Assn. of Approved Bkb. Officials
Ohio High School Athletic Association
Toledo, Ohio
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