8/10 panel ball

[oc]

I thought FED changed the rules to allow a 10 panel ball a year or two ago but I don't see that listed under 1-12, requirements for the ball. Then again it doesn't say it's not allowed either. What section covers this?

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by oc

I thought FED changed the rules to allow a 10 panel ball a year or two ago but I don't see that listed under 1-12, requirements for the ball. Then again it doesn't say it's not allowed either. What section covers this?

There are no rule requirements of how many panels are on the ball. I do not know if there ever was anything covering the panels on the ball. There were no rules changes about the 10 panel ball. I can assume that a 2 panel ball or a 15 panel ball is acceptable if it fits the specifics of the rule. You are not going to find any rule that specifically covers this.

Peace

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

There are no rule requirements of how many panels are on the ball. I do not know if there ever was anything covering the panels on the ball. There were no rules changes about the 10 panel ball. I can assume that a 2 panel ball or a 15 panel ball is acceptable if it fits the specifics of the rule. You are not going to find any rule that specifically covers this.

????????

Sometimes these off the cuff responses, of which you have given a few lately, annoy me. If you don't know, why don't you do a little research before replying or just wait a bit and let someone who does provide the answer. It may not seem like a big thing to you, but if the questioner sees your quick response and then fails to check back later for others, he could very well be misled and that is not what we desire on this forum.

As the OP asked "a year or two ago" and JR correctly answered "in 2003-04 the FED deleted" the part of 1-12-1c that said "with the traditionally shaped eight panels." This change was in direct response to the development of the new 10-panel ball. In the comments to the rules revisions that year the NFHS wrote, "This change deletes the previously required eight panels on a legal basketball," as well as "Now schools are provided other options for practice and competition. This is a new product that may permit the players to control the ball better..."

So, OC, you have the correct rule reference, and now also knowing the rationale behind the 2003-04 change to make the rule less specific and more encompassing, you can be sure that a 10-panel ball is allowed in NFHS play.

[ChuckElias]

Lock it!!! Lock this one now!!! Before it's too late!!!!

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

Lock it!!! Lock this one now!!! Before it's too late!!!!

C'mon, not yet.

I got a hankerin' for some popcorn.

(And when was the last time I ever used the word "hankerin'"? )

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

(And when was the last time I ever used the word "hankerin'"? )

Don't ya remember?

When you went to Cleveland, we asked you "why".......and you said "because I've got a hanker for a canker".

You always did have poetic tendencies(which kinda explains the ballet shoes).

Please note that, yes, that was one of those "off-the-cuff responses" that you've heard so much about.

[JRutledge]

Nevada,

Pull the stick out of your ***. In all the rulebooks I have, there is no reference of how many panels on the ball (the oldest I can find it 2002-03).If that was changed, it was not an announced change. The 2002-2003 does not say anything in the rulebook that says the amount of panels on a basketball. I will look in a NF Pre-Season Guide when I get around to it, but I do not remember this ever being a change. There might have been a change, but honestly I would not care about this change. If the ball had 6 panels (even thought I have never seen a ball with that many panels) you still played the game. The amount of panels on the ball is about as important as how long the net has to be. If there was a rules change, great.

The only place I have seen a 10 panel ball used was at the college level. Also when I have seen a ball without the NF mark, we still play the game.

Peace

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by oc

I thought FED changed the rules to allow a 10 panel ball a year or two ago but I don't see that listed under 1-12, requirements for the ball. Then again it doesn't say it's not allowed either. What section covers this?

You think right. Up until 2003-04, the rules specified 8 panels. In 2003-04, the FED deleted any reference as to the number of panels required.

All anybody really has to remember now is that the ball should have an "NFHS" on it somewhere.