New Rule Survey

[Scrapper1]

Ok, here's my second try at the poll question. Vote for as many as you think are warranted.

[Scrapper1]

Hey, it worked!!

[grunewar]

I'm gonna take a poll as to whether or not I like the wording of these questions!

[Scrapper1]

Sorry about the wording on some of the choices. The site only allows a certain number of characters in each possible answer.

I'm curious why some people would NOT be in favor of playing in halves by state adoption?

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

Sorry about the wording on some of the choices. The site only allows a certain number of characters in each possible answer.

I'm curious why some people would NOT be in favor of playing in halves by state adoption?

Isn't that done already?

[Welpe]

Nice poll Scrappy.

Good idea, Scrappy.

[Scrapper1]

I neglected to mention that these are among the actual rule proposals that will be discussed and voted on by the NFHS Rules Committee in a couple weeks. They're not just things I'm suggesting. (I had mentioned this in the original thread, but i messed up the poll part, so I had to start over and forgot to put it back in.)

Any discussion of the merit of these proposals is welcome and won't hurt my feelings

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

I'm curious why some people would NOT be in favor of playing in halves by state adoption?

As one who did not vote for it, I just don't think it's necessary or even helpful. In the end, I really wouldn't care either way; I'm just not a fan of change for the sake of change, and that's how I see that one.

I vote for 2:

1. allowing the sleeves as long as they conform to the same restrictions as wrist and head bands.
2. TC on a throw-in. How they word it doesn't matter to me, as long as the rule is made similar to the NCAA. First, it would mean fewer confused officials when they come down from college. Second, it would be more consistent with the intent of the TCF rule.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

As one who did not vote for it, I just don't think it's necessary or even helpful. In the end, I really wouldn't care either way; I'm just not a fan of change for the sake of change, and that's how I see that one.

Agree....it is a solution in search of a problem.

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I vote for 2:

1. allowing the sleeves as long as they conform to the same restrictions as wrist and head bands.
2. TC on a throw-in. How they word it doesn't matter to me, as long as the rule is made similar to the NCAA. First, it would mean fewer confused officials when they come down from college. Second, it would be more consistent with the intent of the TCF rule.

Likewise on both.

Plus, I like the idea of allowing a few moments (20 seconds, for example) to remedy a blood situation. It just doesn't seem right that a player has to leave the game (or call a timeout) if someone else's blood gets on them.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

Sorry about the wording on some of the choices. The site only allows a certain number of characters in each possible answer.

I'm curious why some people would NOT be in favor of playing in halves by state adoption?

I am a bald old geezer and need a rest period at the mid-point of each half. Come to think of it I could use one at the mid-point of each quarter.

MTD, Sr.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

I am a bald old geezer and need a rest period at the mid-point of each half. Come to think of it I could use one at the mid-point of each quarter.

New rule idea: Game is to be played in eighths.

[chseagle]

Clock stops on a successful field goal a minute remains in the 4th quarter or OT.

I can imagine the number of timing errors happening cause of this during the first year or two of implementation.

I whole-heartedly agree that the game needs to be played in halves instead of quarters, as the game seems to go faster.

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by chseagle

Clock stops on a successful field goal a minute remains in the 4th quarter or OT.

I can imagine the number of timing errors happening cause of this during the first year or two of implementation.

I was thinking about the same thing. Like the shot clock, I'm just not convinced it is something needed at the high school level. Besides, it seems to me that the Fed (in several sports) has been reluctant to implement rules that are only in effect at certain times of the game. Different sport, but The Fed has also resisted adopting any kind of rules that the NFL and NCAA Football have for timing in the last two minutes of the half, I would be surprised if they deviated from that here.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by Welpe

I was thinking about the same thing. Like the shot clock, I'm just not convinced it is something needed at the high school level. Besides, it seems to me that the Fed (in several sports) has been reluctant to implement rules that are only in effect at certain times of the game. Different sport, but The Fed has also resisted adopting any kind of rules that the NFL and NCAA Football have for timing in the last two minutes of the half, I would be surprised if they deviated from that here.

I think it penalizes the team in the lead. It will NOT stop fouling. It actually gives the team behind MORE chances to foul after they make a basket late in the game.

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by Welpe

it seems to me that the Fed (in several sports) has been reluctant to implement rules that are only in effect at certain times of the game.

I agree with this wholeheartedly. The rules should not change just because we're in some arbitrary time frame.

What really is the point of stopping the clock after the made basket anyway? I think it's so that the team that is ahead can't hold the ball out of bounds while the clock runs out to end the game. If that's the case, why don't we just make the rule to stop the clock on a made basket in the last 5 seconds of the game?

What makes those seconds after a made basket so much more precious in the last 60 seconds than in the previous 31 minutes? Dumb rule, IMHO, at all levels.