spurned rules changes

[amusedofficial]

. Some of the rejected rule change proposals rejected by the committee:

-- A whole mess of them dealing with uniforms. Most involve imaginary lines and horizontal planes. Since they didn't pass, I didn't read them. Uniform rules make my head hurt, since somehow I think it's all about manufacturer's logos.

-- Changing closely guarded to three feet.

-- Eliminating closely guarded while dribbling.

-- 4-12-7 When there is player control and the ball is being contested by members of opposing teams, while the ball and player are on the floor ONLY the player in control or a player of the same team may request timeout.

-- ART. 2 . . . A player, who catches the ball while moving or dribbling, may stop, and establish a pivot foot as follows:
b. If one foot is on the floor:
1. Either foot may be the pivot when the other foot touches in a step. When a foot is lifted off the floor the other shall be the pivot.

-- Playing the game in 18-minute halves by state association adoption?

-- Playing the game in 16-minute halves by state association adoption?

-- Purposely and/or deceitfully delay returning after legally being out of bounds. Delete from 10-3-2

-- Allow state adoption of shot clock. Since it was rejected, discussion of elimination of ten second count or closely guarded in states with a shot clock were moot. (a completely inane proposal, since any state that wants a shot clock can just do it anyway)

-- Proposals for six minute quarters below ninth grade, eight minutes for teams with ninth graders

The survey revealed that the two-whistle mechanic change that put the calling official as table-side trail was given favorable rating by 92 percent of coaches and only 59 percent of officials. What a shock, Coach likes being able to jabber at a friendly nearby calling official during foul shots