The Official Forum - New penalty for 9-2 violations

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Originally Posted by BillyMac (Post 1054500)

Perhaps we should go back to James Naismith’s original thirteen simple rules and start revising from scratch.

Lets be sure to skip over the evolution of "real" jump balls for all held ball situations.

The jump ball is archaic, as outdated as two-hand set shots, laced basketballs, peach baskets, and chicken wire cages around the perimeter of the court.

For generations of players and fans they are a forgettable anachronistic formality and a microburst of mayhem.

I like the alternating possession arrow; I just don’t like the complicating situations that occasionally occur.

In fact, we should do away with the “real” jump balls that start the game and overtimes.

Just give the ball to the visiting team (or flip a coin) to start the game and use the alternating possession arrow for the rest of the game, including starting overtime periods.