Basket interference v. goal tending

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I think it's such a rare event the rules committee would rather not include the backboard in the BI rule.

I also think that to enact such a provision would cause defenders to become somewhat tentative when making perfectly legitimate defensive plays for fear they may accidentally give the opponents a basket. All over a fairly rare situation that would even more rarely result in a violation. And a violation that would involve a far more subjective judgment than any other part of the BI rule.