International Referees

[cford]

Originally posted by Jay R

4. In FIBA, when the ball or any part of the player's body is in the front court, the ball has FC status (no three point rule when dribbling)

So if you put your foot in the front court and then bring it back you have violated, even thought your other foot and the ball are in the backcourt?

6. In FIBA, no imaginary cylinder above the basket. Goaltending is not allowed but once the ball hits the rim and is bouncing above it, there are no restrictions.

This doesn't seem fair. So at the end of the game someone puts up a shot to win it and the ball with shooters touch is bouncing around the rim and the ball (right above the cylinder) is about to go in the basket when a defensive player swats it away. If this is the case then why don't teams leave someone down there (7'5") for the sole purpose of swatting away potential goals once the ball hits the rim?