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On a side note, I ran my idea past a retired college guy, and he did agree that arrow throw-ins are not very exciting.
But he also said that officials administering a jump ball is among the poorest of mechanics that we use. I was rather perplexed because it is very rare that I need to blow down a R's toss if I am the U/U1. I think we do quite a good job at tossing the ball up.
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![]() And how did a 6'7" guy let a 5'10" guy get near the ball? ![]() In all seriousness, if "being fair" was the ultimate goal, a coin toss would be used. The outcome is 50%. Always. A jump ball with a tall player should win the toss > 50% of the time. I think the main reason we use the arrow is that it is quicker to administer. It would have made my game so much more exciting. I think that B stealing an inbounds pass is << the odds of each team obtaining a jumped ball.
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Yup. Next year the AFC *and* the NFC will both have a 50% chance of wining that same coin toss...
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The AP arrow is the best rule change in the last 30 years. I remember doing VG games in the 70s. Not only were there multiple held balls immediately after a jump ball, but you had to choose which two of the 8 players with their hands on the ball were the first two there. It made long games longer.
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Yep, that means that every year for the last 11 SB's the home and away team have alternated winning the toss..
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Certainly, I do not want to go back to all those jump balls. In fact, when I started, we had one after every basket. I asked Dr. Naismith if he wanted to change that but he said no.
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In fact, according to Benford's Law, a long string of the same result would be expected given a long enough series of tosses.
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