Travelling/sitting

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by ilyazhito

Is knee = traveling, because there is no pivot foot?

It's because the rule says it is: A player holding the ball: May not touch the floor with a knee or any other part of the body other than hand or foot.

[ilyazhito]

Then why is kneeling legal under NCAA rules, with the proviso that the pivot foot not be moved?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by ilyazhito

Then why is kneeling legal under NCAA rules, with the proviso that the pivot foot not be moved?

My best guess would be because high school games use NFHS rules and college games use NCAA rules, but that's just a guess on my part.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by ilyazhito

Then why is kneeling legal under NCAA rules, with the proviso that the pivot foot not be moved?

Because the rules makers decided it should be different. I'm not quite sure I understand the question.

[ilyazhito]

What is the logic behind the differences in the NFHS and NCAA rule set when it comes to kneeling? Is it because NCAA believes that one can kneel without moving the pivot foot, but NFHS does not believe that?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by ilyazhito

What is the logic behind the differences in the NFHS and NCAA rule set when it comes to kneeling? Is it because NCAA believes that one can kneel without moving the pivot foot, but NFHS does not believe that?

Options:

1) NFHS was ahead of the game on the "national anthem protest" thing so restricted kneeling

2) 99% of the time the pivot foot moves, so just make it easier on the officials

3) It was an inadvertent change (or no change) to one of the books, and now the committee feels the need to justify it

4) True

5) All of the above except 6

6) No one knows and no one should care. This isn't one of those rules where you need to know the "spirit and intent" to enforce correctly.

7) It improves the game's entertainment value in NCAA

8) Many of the NCAA refs also work D-League or WNBA, and that's the D-League and WNBA rule and the officials can't be expected to remember the differences

9) There is no 9

10) You're the first person to notice and by writing the rules committees you can get the rule sync'd next season

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

You're the first person to notice and by writing the rules committees you can get the rule sync'd next season

Let's just get rid of the "alphabet soup" and just have Esperanto Basketball Rules.