Shot Clock in High School?

[Camron Rust]

Originally posted by johnSandlin
I would not be a bit surprised if high school does go a shot clock within the next five to six years. I know a few school districts in northern Michigan that are in the process of building new gymnasiums and on the new baskets they are putting game clock/shot clock set ups on them in case we ever do go to a shot clock rule high school basketball.

For every new school built with the shot clocks, there are probably a 100 without. What's the average age of the HS's in any given area? If we get there by a natrual transition (assuming all new schools do it---most will not) it will take 20-30 years.

Hearing comments directly from the NFHS meeting minutes, it's not going to happen for a long time for many reasons. There's no compelling reason to have it aside from being like the NCAA or NBA. It doesn't improve the typical HS game. But primarily, the cost. There are a lot of small schools around the US for which this would be a dramatic cost.