The NFHS and NBA uses somewhat similar words in expressing this part of their respective basket interference rules . . .
NFHS: "...touches the ball while
any part of the ball is within the imaginary cylinder which has
the basket ring as its lower base."
NBA: "...shall not touch the ball or the basket ring when
the ball is using the basket ring as its lower base."
. . . but are the two rules actually different?
What got me thinking is the explanation stated in this excerpted clip from something I found online:
NBA Basket Interference Explanation - Ronnie Nunn
Putting all this together, is it correct that the play in the video would be BI by NFHS rule but not BI by NBA rules? Parsing the words of each rule seems to suggest yes, because though the words "the basket ring as its lower base" are used in both, they really seem to be saying two different things. Is that correct?