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Originally Posted by Ed Maeder
This signal was adopted because NFHS felt team A was put at a disadvantage by not knowing weather they could retrieve the ball and team B could retrieve it no matter what. It should be given as soon as the ball has back court statues and as was stated we should be counting at the same time. Good luck with that.
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That may be the reason but it was a bad reason.
Team A would be dumb to not play the ball in either case. If they were the last to touch, they at least prevent B from getting a free shot at the ball and a potentially easy bucket. If they were not the last to touch there is no issue.