NFHS Update

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Again, why would you need a big language change?

... To switch to the NCAA backcourt deflection rule.

Wouldn't we need language similar to the NCAA version? I don't believe that it can be done with just this exception to the current NFHS rule.

An EXCEPTION added to the backcourt violation (9-9-1): To ensure that an offensive team is not unfairly penalized when the ball is deflected by the defense from the frontcourt to the backcourt. This exception allows the offense to recover the ball (that still has frontcourt status) in the backcourt without penalty

This doesn't seem to cover the NCAA situation where the ball is deflected away from the ball handler by the defense, and then the offense, in an attempt to regain the ball, sends the ball, without player control, from the frontcourt into the backcourt.

These (below) are not the same:

NCAA: 9-12-5 A pass or any other loose ball in the front court that is deflected by a defensive player, which causes the ball to go into the backcourt may be recovered by either team even if the offense was the last to touch the ball before it went into the backcourt.

NFHS 9-9-1: EXCEPTION: Any player located in the backcourt may recover a ball deflected from the frontcourt by the defense.

There must be a language change to change the current (new) NFHS rule into the NCAA rule. The new NFHS exception alone won't do the trick.