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Originally posted by Tim Roden on 01-24-2000 12:13 PM
Yesterday, a coach and several parents approached me about the slapping the backboard rule.... So here is what happened according to the "witnesses" Player A1 goes up for a layup and B1 in trying to block the shot, gets a peice of the ball and then hits the backboard. The backboard is "flimsey" so it shakes like crazy from the slap. The official calls a T. Should this have been passed on or not?
A T is appropriate. You said "it shakes like crazy from the slap." It doesn't matter if it was intentional or not. Rule 10-3-6 says it is a T if the player causes the ring to vibrate while the ball is in flight (among other cases).
Many will say no T because it is not deliberate and they would be generally correct if it were simply contact on the board secondary to the block attempt. But, this case is different. The backboard shook "like crazy".
Mon Jan 24, 2000, 06:00pm
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