New Fed basketball Rules--2008/09
 

This is now posted on this site as an article, but there is nothing on the NFHS site as of yet backing it up.

http://basketball.officiating.com/x/article/5800

Changes are:
1) Bottom spaces left open on free throws.
2) Technical foul charged directly to head coach for illegal shirts, numbers, instead of to the player. The article doesn't state whether there would be one "T" maximum or one for each violation.
3) usual crap about headbands.

The rules changes are now posted on the NFHS site as follows:

http://www.nfhs.org/core/contentmana...es_Summary.pdf

I am sure that more information is to come.

Okay, editorial changes include:
1. reorganization of 3-4.
2. 4-27-2, incidental contact tweaked.
3. 4-42-5. They changed this last year, too. I wonder what change they're making.
4. 10-5 to be reorganized for clarity. This will be interesting.

Now, I wonder if there are any unannounced changes this year.

All in all, they seem to have left the rules alone, for the most part.

They're not reducing the number of players in the lane, just moving them away from the basket and toward the shooter.
Taunting by whispers now. Thanks.
If NF wants to clean up the lane, enforce the violation for breaking the plane before the ball hits the rim. It's the positioning as the ball's in the air that causes the problem.

I don't care about the color of the pre-wrap! :mad:

One T per coach/team for illegal jerseys.

I'm kind of surprised they caved in on the free throw. Although, they used a different rationale (preventing rough play); everything they had stated in the past didn't support the change. Oh well...

Any idea on when we'll see any mechanics changes?

I caught that, too. It seemed they even said previously that rough play wouldn't even be affected. The rationale this time even uses "may" as a qualifier. My guess is if it doesn't have the desired effect, they'll revert back in a couple of years.

I bet the illegal uniform infractions will be slim to none next season, seeing how a coach will be in the seatbelt before the tip off.

I think for the first time in 8 years, and 16,000 posts, Jurassic has started a thread.

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

Nah, he's started 27 threads, although 8 of those were not in the basketball forum. http://forum.officiating.com/search.php?searchid=103291

I think last year or the year before they even said that they were done even considering any changes to the free throw rules because of the Kentucky study. Oh well.

And surprisingly only 2 of them (7%) have been locked.

It's that kind of mean spiritedness that makes people cry.

I'm simply repulsed!

Repulsed, I tell ya!