Different Rules

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Originally Posted by JRutledge

Each organization represents a different level of player.
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There is even a reason NCAA Men’s and NCAA Women’s basketball rules are different. You cannot make one size fit all and make that work.

Peace

It's more about autonomy than the need for a seperate set of rules. Except for the shot clock, every level could use the same set of rules and it would work just fine. The rules differences are generally subtle. There is no good reason that the women can't have a 10 second backcourt count, or why the airborne shooter rule can't be the same between NFHS and NCAA.

FIBA, NCAA, NFHS, (and possibly the NBA) could unify their rules quite easily if the wanted to but to do so would make the people involved in most of them redundant and no longer needed. The egos of those in each of those groups are too large for them to go down a path that eliminates thier uniqueness.