2004 Proposed Rule Revisions

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Along with the agenda for NFHS Basketball Rules Committee meeting this past weekend in Indy, the 2004 proposed rule revisions were distributed. They were voted upon at this meeting. I do not yet know which were passed.
Anyway here is a list of what was included (if anyone wants more info on a specific proposal just ask):
1. 1-5-2 Remove the requirement for contrasting lane lines and lane space marks.
2. 1-13-2 Delete the phrase mandating that the coaching box lines contrast with the OOB lines.
3. 1-13-2 Standardize the length of the coaching box nationally, instead of allowing the state associations to choose 6 or 14. Doesn't say what the standard length would be.
4. 2-1-1 Permit the use of the grey shirt for officials.
5. 2-12-5 Change the time for the replacement of a player to 15 seconds with a warning horn at 10 seconds.
6. 3-4-6 Note Require the home team to wear WHITE, the visiting team shall wear dark uniforms.
7. 4-6 Allow the offense to commit BI without penalty.
8. 4-10 Drop the closely guarded rule entirely.
9. 4-10 Drop the closely guarded count while dribbling.
10. 4-29 Making kicking include the whole leg, not just the knee or below.
11. 4-35-4 Allow the airborne player exception to the backcourt violation to also apply if the airborne player passes the ball to a teammate before returning to the floor.
12. 5-5 Play the game in two 16-minute halves.
13. 5-5 Play the game in two 18-minute halves.
14. 5-5-1 Allow the playing of halves instead of quarters to be a state assn adoption.
15. 5-8-3a Don't permit an airborne player to call time-out.
16. 5-11-1 Allow one TO to be used for substitution only, not requiring the full time to be used.
17. 7-5-9 On double personal or double technical fouls, put the ball back in play at POI, instead of using the arrow.
18. 8-1-3b Use the NCAA womens free throw line up, players must still wait for the ball to hit the ring or backboard before entering the lane.
19. 8-1-3b Use the NCAA womens free throw line up and allow players to enter upon the release.
20. 8-1-3b Allow the player in the first marked lane space (nearest the end line) to stand on the block. (NCAA Mens)
21. 9-2-11 Note If a held ball occurs during a throw-in because the thrower holds the ball through the plane, consider it an OOB violation on the thrower. Reverse the arrow if it was an AP throw-in. Team B will now be given the ball for a throw-in.
22. 9-10-3b Stop the closely guarded count if the defenders switch, instead of continuing the count when a second defender takes over the guarding duty.
23. 9-14 Permit the use of a shot clock by state assn adoption.
24. 10-3-7d Make it a technical foul to purposely obstruct the vision of an opponent by placing hands near his/her eyes, whether or not the opponent has the ball.
25. 10-4-4 Include a provision for players who leave the bench during an altercation (not just a fight). The penalty would be the same as for a fight = flagrant T.
26. Signal chart Add the NCAA signal for not closely guarded.

Those are our possible rule changes for this coming season.