Use of the word "allowance" in NFHS rule 9-7-3...?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

You can't apply the immediately to both the dribble and the try.

Wanna bet I can't?

[truerookie]

3 seconds is a call that the majority of officials view as a game interrupter. They would rather give the offensive player more than the allotted time to maintain a flow to the game. This is what I gather from the debate no one has come and and stated that yet.

[MN BB Ref]

In reality this is probably all a moot point anyway. I think it is highly unlikely that a player would be able to start a slow dribble and back someone down in the lane. This is normally a pretty congested area and if someone were to do this, I would expect that ball would be stolen or swatted away by another defender in pretty short order. Normally I see this type of play occur when player is on the low block, and even then defensive help usually arrives pretty darn quickly so the offensive player doesn't really get to enjoy a slow dribble to the basket. This is a good topic for conversation, but perhaps a different scenario would be more realistic.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Wanna bet I can't?

You're rewriting the rule to fit your own belief then...something you repeatedly lambast others for doing. The grammar just doesn't support that no matter how you read it.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

You're rewriting the rule to fit your own belief then...something you repeatedly lambast others for doing. The grammar just doesn't support that no matter how you read it.

You're interpreting the language to fit your own belief...something that you repeatedly lambaste others for doing. The grammar just doesn't support that no matter how you read it.



It isn't covered definitively. Deal with it. I have.