Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

At one time they musta put an IAABO guy on the Rules Committee because they put in a completely dumb rule for a year or two....back in the 70's iirc The interpretation, as Billy said, was that a "tap" wasn't a "try".

They issued case plays telling us how to judge the difference between a tap and a try. If, on a put-back, the ball came to rest in a player's hand(s), it was a try. If it didn't come to rest (<i>a la</i> volleyball) it was a <b>tap</b>. Straight judgment call iow.

Stoopid rule. They finally found some common sense(either that or they got rid of IAABO Guy :D ) and they got rid of that l'il gem. Of course, they almost got me killed first. Doing a regional varsity game.....team with the ball down by 1 at the end..... one player misses a shot and a teammate goes up and taps the rebound.....ball is in the air....horn sounds......ball goes in....home team crowd (naturally it had to be the home team) goes nuts......JR waves the basket off because it was a "tap" and not a "try", and therefore the ball was dead when a whistle or the horn sounded......home crowd goes nuts again.....JR now sets new land speed record getting his azz outa the gym and into his dressing room.

Stoopid rule.

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

WOW!!! This is the first time I've ever read anything from JR concerning his actual officiating experience.

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

..JR now sets new land speed record getting his azz outa the gym and into his dressing room..

Originally Posted by rainmaker

You mean, you didn't wait around to witness the handshaking?