NFHS Update

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

As much as I hate to comment on NCAA rules, that I know absolutely nothing about, I believe I know why some Forum members believe that there is some subjective criteria in the NCAA rule. All bets may not be off if the defense deflects a ball and it somehow goes into the backcourt. NCAA rules: A1 is dribbling in the frontcourt. B1 deflects the ball away from A1. A1 attempts to gain control of the ball, maybe he gains player control, maybe he doesn't gain player control. The ball then heads into the backcourt, where its picked up by A2.

The subjective part is the official deciding, in a possibly bang bang play, whether A1 had regained player control (backcourt), or hadn't regained player control (no backcourt).

OK, but don't you have to make similar decisions if you were to grant a timeout or start a closely guarded count? What is subjective if you get the ball and have player control, a player taking the ball to the BC on your own? And again if they clarify the language or give an interpretation that supports their position (if they are actually adopting the NCAA Rules) then there is nothing subjective.

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Of course we make these objective/subjective calls all the time in a game, so it's difficult to figure out if it's an objective call (like stepping on a boundary line), or subjective call (like gaining an illegal advantage on a foul).

The rule before this change was subjective too. Often it was very difficult to determine who actually last touched the ball. So why is this so hard? I really do not get that logic at all!!!! And it would be so close in many cases that officials would call nothing because they could not determine who the ball last went off of or even who got to the ball first in the backcourt.

Originally Posted by BillyMac

One official's objective call may be another's subjective call. Sometimes they just blend together.

OK, but the rule does not make anything less objective or more subjective. The NCAA Rule is the NCAA rule. If you do not understand it, then just say that. But to not suggest that that rule would make what we have had as more complicated. The NCAA rule made the decision easier to judge.

Peace