I know that I am one of the "bald old geezers" (I probably the only bald one) on this Forum and I am only 5'-09". But I do have some perspective on H.S. players that can dunk. I was one of two 5'-09" point guards on a eight man H.S. varsity basketball team (the other six players were between 6'-04" and 6'-09", and each and everyone of them could dunk with the best of them and this was in the late 1960's.
I am also believe that even players with great athletic ability must play within their ability. Case in point: B1 has a LGP against A1 while standing directly underneath Team A's Basket; A1 goes airborne and charges into B1 after releasing the ball for a FGA and before he returns to the Court. We know that players and coaches (and too many officials for that matter) at both the H.S. and college levels have a mistaken belief that in this situation A1 has the right to return to the Court without blocking his way, and we know that the reason that rule is written such that A1 is guilty of charging is that A1 cannot just drive to the basket willy nilly (I love that technical term) and expect that all of the defenders should get out of his way. In other words, A1 must control his body in a matter that allows him to play within the rules.
W5 in the video had not defenders in front of him and made a poor decision as to what type of FGA to attempt. While the NFHS and NCAA Rules are the same for this type of play, we must be more cognizant of how this rule needs to be applied at the H.S. level. While I am not a mind reader I have no doubt that this was not the first time that W5 had ever dunked a basketball and could have easily dunked the ball without hanging on the rim and especially doing a pull up on the rim.
I know that the fans want to see the players dunk the ball and I as an official enjoy seeing a player, legally, dunk the ball in my games, BUT, our first responsibility is the safety of the players, W5 knew how to dunk the ball and had no on under him, and yet he choose to grab the rim and the execute a pull up. No brainer: TF. Let the fans boo, and the his HC complain, but maybe the next time he won't be so lucky and when he does his chin up the Backboard will shatter and the basket apparatus will collapse as in
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MTD, Sr.