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[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Ref Ump Welsch

The girls started with the coin toss.

Now you have my undivided attention.

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Now you have my undivided attention.

Coin toss determined who took the ball out of bounds at the division line to start the game. No center jump.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Ref Ump Welsch

Coin toss determined who took the ball out of bounds at the division line to start the game. No center jump.

This is what I would imagine it would be like to officiate a basketball game in heaven

[IowaMike]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

This is what I would imagine it would be like to officiate a basketball game in heaven

Not so heavenly when you screwed up and forgot to bring a coin out with you. I hated that rule and was glad when they got rid of it. Girls were capable of starting the game with a jump ball in 49 other states, why not Iowa? I like the jump ball to start the game, I think it lends a certain degree of anticipation to the game. The old coin toss really created problems when the Iowa girls would play an Illinois team. I live right on the Iowa/Illinois border and those games were humorous, watching the Iowa girls trying to figure out how to set up for the jump ball if I was working in Illinois, or the look of disbelief on the faces of the Illinois girls when we did the coin flip in pregame in Iowa.

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by IowaMike

Not so heavenly when you screwed up and forgot to bring a coin out with you. I hated that rule and was glad when they got rid of it. Girls were capable of starting the game with a jump ball in 49 other states, why not Iowa? I like the jump ball to start the game, I think it lends a certain degree of anticipation to the game. The old coin toss really created problems when the Iowa girls would play an Illinois team. I live right on the Iowa/Illinois border and those games were humorous, watching the Iowa girls trying to figure out how to set up for the jump ball if I was working in Illinois, or the look of disbelief on the faces of the Illinois girls when we did the coin flip in pregame in Iowa.

A coin flip to start the game? That just ain't basketball.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

A coin flip to start the game? That just ain't basketball.

You're right. In fact, let's have a jump ball to start each quarter. And, let's have some more jump balls to determine who gets the ball in all held ball situations. And, why limit the jump ball to the center circle. Let's have jump balls at either the division line, or the foul lines, whichever is closer. And why limit jump balls to only the taller players, let's allow all players to get involved. And maybe we can have jump balls after five second closely guarded situations. Now that's real old fashioned basketball. In fact, maybe we should have jump balls after each made basket?

[amusedofficial]

Why is allowing athleticism and competition determine the first possession of the game so bad?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by IowaMike

Not so heavenly when you screwed up and forgot to bring a coin out with you.

How difficult could it be to remember to bring a coin? Would you forget to bring a whistle? Wait a minute. I did that once. Never mind. How do I delete this post? New fangled computers!