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BigT · #1 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 21, 2016, 04:32pm

Why did they add this rule? Was it to intimate the other team and thats why its an unsportsmanlike? Is it cuz if the rim breaks there goes the game? I dont know..

Where is some old fart to help with these questions!

Dad · #2 (**permalink**) Tue Nov 22, 2016, 12:03pm

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Originally Posted by BigT

Why did they add this rule? Was it to intimate the other team and thats why its an unsportsmanlike? Is it cuz if the rim breaks there goes the game? I dont know..

Where is some old fart to help with these questions!

I doubt it has anything to do with sportsmanship. It's for injuries and damage to the rim/backboard.

ref3808 · #3 (**permalink**) Tue Nov 22, 2016, 03:41pm

Most high schools don't have the ability to swap out a hoop and a backboard. Breaking one is a major headache. I always assumed that was part of the thinking along with player safety and perhaps not wanting dunking to be used to intimidate another team.

SNIPERBBB · #4 (**permalink**) Tue Nov 22, 2016, 03:52pm

Another thing...a lot of those side boards in older gyms do not have movable rings.