Pregame dunking - is it being well enforced?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by mbyron

Somebody's just waiting for the tournament crowd to show up.

Not really......

The rule has been in a long time. And in my experience it has and is being enforced fairly uniformly and universally. I am wondering if there was any reason why it would not be enforced at a state championship game.

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

And why not? Special rules in Nevada?

What if the injured player's mom came out on the floor and dunked?

I may have gotten two threads confused.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

And why not? Special rules in Nevada?

Bunch of cowards in Nevada,that's why our buddy assumes the rest of us work with or are cowards also.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Bunch of cowards in Nevada,that's why our buddy assumes the rest of us work with or are cowards also.

+1

Peace

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

There was quite a display prior to the large school State Championship game here. The officials were on the floor.

Had the officials been drinking within twenty-four hours of the tipoff?

[Rich]

Originally Posted by bearclause

"Dropping" may not have been the best description. Some of the players were doing all the motions of a dunk and forcing the ball through. The one detail is that they were clearly avoiding hand contact with the rim during the motions.

Good enough for me. The main reason of the rule is to protect the equipment. If they don't touch the rim, it's not a dunk. It's a nit I'm not picking. If it's borderline/questionable, I'll walk up to the player and tell him to not be stupid. They never misunderstand that.

My second year in Wisconsin, I had a coach who wanted me to call this cause a player would drop/lightly push it down (he was almost 7 feet tall and would still have six inches between his hand and the rim). After a couple times of him whining, I told him "that's not a dunk, drop it". When I went to the table, he came over with a rulebook and dropped it on the book I was signing.

That was the one technical foul in my career I didn't call that I still regret to this day. Didn't matter, I ended up calling one during the game (and almost a second one, too). Thankfully, he retired soon thereafter and his replacement is one of the nicest guys you'd ever meet.

[APG]

Originally Posted by eyezen

Wasn't there some (hotly debated) thread a while back where the Texas guys come to the floor and blow their whistle?

I'm not sure about the thread, but I can say that most in my chapter do indeed blow their whistle before entering the court.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer

I'm not sure about the thread, but I can say that most in my chapter do indeed blow their whistle before entering the court.

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer

I'm not sure about the thread, but I can say that most in my chapter do indeed blow their whistle before entering the court.

It was taught to us as a suggested mechanic.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Welpe

It was taught to us as a suggested mechanic.

[jdmara]

Originally Posted by bearclause

YouTube - Syracuse Basketball Pre-Game 2010- SICK DUNK!!!

I'm not even going to look at the other video. Look at how many people at in the stands...then look at the clock...Note that the officials are not on the floor 25+ minutes before tipoff.

-Josh

[deecee]

I always find it amusing how we nitpick how the guys who are where most of us want to be are about how they do or dont do things yet how many of us ask the question "Is that MAYBE why they are there and some of you are not?"

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Uhm....OK?

[APG]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

And why not? Special rules in Nevada?

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Not really......

The rule has been in a long time. And in my experience it has and is being enforced fairly uniformly and universally. I am wondering if there was any reason why it would not be enforced at a state championship game.

I can't say, JR. I was not one of the three officials for that contest.

If you really desire an answer to your question and are not just trying to ruffles feathers, then I suggest that you contact the Section 7 representative on the NFHS rules committee as he was sitting courtside.