'No-charge zone' approved in basketball

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Texas Aggie

Will someone please explain why ANYBODY (coaches, fans, players, the man on the moon, whoever) would like this change?

The philosophy is that more dunks and higher scoring games sell more tickets, and that earns the competing institutions more money.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

The philosophy is that more dunks and higher scoring games sell more tickets, and that earns the competing institutions more money.

Exactly.

If the rule change comes to NFHS, it will be for the sake of consistency with higher levels, and not so much for the money (some schools make good money on basketball, but I don't think they'd see much of a bump from this rule change).