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[Oz Referee]

Originally posted by Nevadaref
Yet another reason why FIBA is idiotic.

WTF - get off your high-horse! It actually makes a lot more sense. The game clock doesn't start until a player touches the ball, therefor the 5 second count doesn't stop until the same.

If anything, the NFHS/NCAA rules don't make sense. Under these rules a player could throw the ball in, no one touch it, so the clock doesn't start, and this could happen indefinitely - what a crazy situation! This sitch could NEVER happen under FIBA rules, as a 5 second violation would be called.

Oh I'm sorry - since I disagree with you I'm obviously an idiot!