basketball on top of the backboard

[BktBallRef]

Originally posted by whistle101
My technical scenario is this. The offensive player shot the ball, it lands on top of the backboard, the spin of the ball causes it to come back into play. The official called it out of bounds. I later asked the ref why it was called out of bounds. He said that there is a new rule in high school that states that if the ball breaks the plane of the backboard then it is out. Was this ref correct in his call?

There is no new rule that says the ball is OOB if it breaks the plane of the backboard. Ludicrous! If it rolls over the backboard or touches a support or wire, then it's OOB. This is one of those that fans scream about.

If you want to know who to contact, tell us where you live. It's pretty easy to point you in the right direction.

[Edited by BktBallRef on Jan 7th, 2001 at 12:10 PM]