Different Rules

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by eg-italy

At the same time I think that having scores of different rule sets is not a good service to our game, nor having different signals for the same violation or foul (like for NCAA men and women): is Nevada high school basketball so different from Iowa's to justify different rule sets?

Ciao

Most of the US goes under NF rules for basketball at the HS level. Officials at the NF level are likely working both boy's and girl's basketball on some level. At the NCAA level, you work one or the other. You do not work both and each committee has their own ideas over what should be used.

Really I do not see the big deal. Every organization should have the right to develop a rules set for their level. Even when you work JH or youth leagues there are rules they make to accommodate the lack of ability for their players and coaches. I work football and there are many rules at the youth level that simply protects the kids from a safety standpoint. Basketball does not always have those same ways of thinking, but there is something very different about working a JH game and a HS varsity game. The player’s level of understanding is so different.

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