New Fed basketball Rules--2008/09

[lukealex]

I would be for it, not sure what they would do about NCAA-M vs NCAA-W rules and which ones to use though. If Texas is already using NCAA rules for football, it is probably just a matter of time before they follow suit in basketball.

[ace]

in houston - theres enough division amongst the officials (those who work just W or just M that it could be possible.) but in the grand scheme of things - this could be dangerous.

[jdmara]

Originally Posted by ace

no offense to anyone, but when was the last time Kentucky was an accurate barometer for what was going on in the rest of the country

After spending much of the last 6 years in Kentucky, I would think that anyone with any sense of self-awareness would agree the NFHS might not have picked the best state to represent the entire country. But how can we argue, we are just the officials that get to call the games and have to deal with the rules outcomes.


However, I have talked to many of my peers around this area and they support the players being moved to above the block on free-throws. I personally don't have an opinion on it though.

-Josh

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by Rock Chalk

why would they make this change without letting them in on the release?

i don't understand the change if they don't allow them in on the release.

won't it really diminish the chance of an offensive rebound?

The way the rule has been the last few years, the offensive player in the second lane space actually had the best chances of getting the rebound - and I'm sure we've all seen that in games. This way, the defensive player has that spot and now has the reaction time to allow them to get the rebound. Not allowing them in on the release cuts down the amount of contact - so the rules committee takes care of two concerns - the amount of "rough" play and the number of offensive rebounds on free throws.

[Nevadaref]

The three main changes that were made are excellent. There were a few other items that I would have liked to have seen implemented (coach's ability to request TO during a live ball), but I'll just do what Cubs fans do and wait 'til next year.

[26 Year Gap]

Will the POE on mechanics and signals mean the stocks for any official who uses the Dracula mechanic?

[Mark Dexter]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

Will the POE on mechanics and signals mean the stocks for any official who uses the Dracula mechanic?

Dracula mechanic?

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Mark Dexter

Dracula mechanic?

Would that also be known as the "creeping death foul?"

[ODJ]

Originally Posted by IREFU2

Just like in College......about the lane spaces.

As I read the presser, the number of players is the same. They've just moved.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

Will the POE on mechanics and signals mean the stocks for any official who uses the Dracula mechanic?

Or is it the "Frankenstein Mechanic" for "over the back"! If so, I'm in with the punishment fitting the crime!

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

The way the rule has been the last few years, the offensive player in the second lane space actually had the best chances of getting the rebound - and I'm sure we've all seen that in games.

That suggests that there were more offensive rebounds than defensive rebounds?? I have not seen that to be the case. Perhaps there are more offensive rebounds than when players entered on the release. Perhaps there are more than what the NCAA was observing after moving the players up the lane....but not a majority to the offense.

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

That suggests that there were more offensive rebounds than defensive rebounds?? I have not seen that to be the case. Perhaps there are more offensive rebounds than when players entered on the release. Perhaps there are more than what the NCAA was observing after moving the players up the lane....but not a majority to the offense.

I was thinking the same thing. I don't see the offensive team rebound a FT nearly as often as the defensive team. But then the Kentucky study and the Georgia study seem to have produced different results. So maybe things are different in Seattle too?

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by grunewar

Or is it the "Frankenstein Mechanic" for "over the back"! If so, I'm in with the punishment fitting the crime!

Yes I know there would be no shadow if the guy was a REAL vampire.

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

Yes I know there would be no shadow if the guy was a REAL vampire.

Don't real vampires only work baseball?

[26 Year Gap]

just night games