SmokeEater FIBA is trying to fall more in line with NBA and NCAA rules trying to get to the point where ther is only one set of rules for all basketball. http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/presRele/p/newsid/24352/presReleArti.html
Scrapper1 This was mentioned in a thread a little while ago: http://forum.officiating.com/showthread.php?t=43854 Seem like good changes to me.