Basket interference v. goal tending

[rwest]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

This is one of those situations that may actually be easier to see from the bench, where the viewer is stationary. On the move, a little rim wiggle is going to be more difficult to detect. And I still contend whether or not the ball would have gone in had the hitting of the backboard not caused the rim to vibrate, is going to be a pretty subjective judgment most of the time.

I am not suggesting that the official decide if the contact with the backboard affected the shot any more than an official judges the affect of contacting the net or rim. All I'm suggesting is that the same judgment be used when the defense hits the backboard. Was the ball on the rim or in the basket when contact occurred? It requires no more judgment than we use in the other BI scenarios. Absolutely no more. Zero!