NFHS messes up GT and BI

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by ilyazhito

BI requires a ball on or inside the basket to be contacted, and the play in the question had neither.

Wasn't the ball in the basket in the OP?

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Wasn't the ball in the basket in the OP?

Not necessarily....it doesn't say.

If a goaltending violation is penalized for touching the ball entering the basket from below:

I thought this was poorly worded even ignoring the question of BI or GT. Exactly what is entering from below? The ball or the player's hand? I'm sure they mean the player's hand given the context but that sentence is horrible.

Even so, the ball may or may not be in the basket at the time it is touched. It is possible for a player to reach through the basket from below and touch/block a shot that has not yet entered the cylinder/basket. Either what, that is BI, not GT.

BI Rule:

ART. 1 . . . Touches the ball or any part of the basket (including the net) while the ball is on or within either basket.
ART. 2 . . . Touches the ball while any part of the ball is within the imaginary cylinder which has the basket ring as its lower base.
ART. 3 . . . Touches the ball outside the cylinder while reaching through the basket from below.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Not necessarily ... it doesn't say ... this was poorly worded ... what is entering from below ... that sentence is horrible.

Horrible to say the least. When something is written to be printed and distrusted to a large number of recipients, doesn't somebody else edit, or at least read, such a document?