Amen. That's exactly what I was going to say. It almost seems as if there are rule changes each year so the rules committee can say it did something.

When A1 shot, Team lost control so by a strict or loose sense of reading the rules this could never be a violation.

sseltser, I understand that that is the interpretation in the case book, and I whole heartedly agree, but that is not what the rule book says....It says and I quote 9-9-1...A player shall not be the first to touch a ball after it has been in team control in the frontcourt, if he/she or a teammate last touched or was touched by the ball in the frontcourt before it went to the backcourt.

A1 shoots the ball from the front court, it is a long rebound either touched by A2 in the front court or by no one, goes to the back court where A3 recovers it. By the strict reading of the rule above it is indeed a violation.

The ball was in team control in the front court (before A1 shot it)
it was last touched by either A1 or A2, depending on which you want to use, in the front court, then touched by A3 in the backcourt.

It doesn't say that team control must be maintained, only that a ball that has been in team control in the front court, and it had been when A1 shot it. The proposal just cleans that up a bit....

wow you really need THAT cleared up...

I hope you are willing to work 3 hour games. Some teams are really bad and foul a lot and you could have 10 fouls early in the 4th if not late in 3rd! This would be completely stupid!

wow is right
 

wow, I didn't say cleared up, I said CLEANED up......:eek:

As an addendum to this, kill the long switch also!!!!

Agree, this mechanic needs to change. Calling official should go table side and stay 2-person. I have had many coaches say they just want to ask a question but they can't because the official is on the other side of the court. Leave the option for the official to go opposite the table if they feel they need to.

#2.) Lower the FT count from 10 to 7, this will speed up the game. You're hardly ever going to reach 10 so either remove it all together or set it to 7 or a lower number.

#3.) Clock runs in the 4th quarter if down by more than 40 points. Direct technical foul on the coach for pressing if team is ahead by more than 40 points in the 4th quarter.

#4.) Running up the score: Add a direct technical foul to the coach for running up the score or attempting to get a player to score as many points as possible (personal gain) by running up the score. This encourages team play, eliminates embarrassing of weaker teams, sends the message its a team sport and not it's all about me.

#5.) My best one. Add a rule where a coach can get a technical after the game has been completed for unprofessional conduct in the game. For example: if you win a game 175 - 25 and your star player scores 125 points. Direct technical and one game suspension for running up the score if you can prove that the coach was negligent. After further review of the game, access technical fouls accordingly. Make coaching accountable even if the game is over. Just because the game is over doesn't mean you can't get a technical for your actions in the game. I feel strongly about this at the high school level.

Wow. Just.... wow.....

please dont heed any of these suggestions -- we are not the moral police -- neither should we be dictating how coaches run their team. this is the responsibility of their administration/parents/and players.

If any of these rules are EVER enacted I CAN guarantee I will forget them very easily. I only want to police the practice of a fair game -- not a morally upstanding game. The team getting their azzes handed to them share just as much responsibility for sucking as the team that is very good. And I can say that from coaching some teams with no skill whatsoever and getting my azz handed to me. ITS LIFE.

So, Chuck, this thread has been up for 72 hours. Has anyone sent any "finished product" yet?

How will lowering the foul counts to reach the bonus sooner speed up the game?

Pretty simple...lower count, FTs sooner, FTs stop the clock, every time the clock is stopped the game takes LONGER.:rolleyes:

I meant instead of 10 seconds to shoot the FT, lower it to 7 seconds or some # below 10, or just do away with it all together.

Yeah, I rarely call 10 seconds in the BC, so let's lower that to 7 too.

I usually hit between 3 and 4 on all my 5 second counts, so hey let's make that one 3.5 to save time as well.:rolleyes:

If you did away with it all together there would be no limit to the amount of time the FTer could take.

Reduce it to 7 seconds...? Why? Do all of the FTs in your game take the full 10 seconds?