question on rule

[jentzd]

Well, the Tower philosophy may be fine and dandy...but I don't buy it. The purpose of officials is to enforce the rulebook of the game in play. Making a rule more or less vague does not in any way affect the officials' job or autonomy.

Case in point - slamball officials abide by the slamball rules. Though it is a distant relative to the game of basketball, the rules are written by someone, and it is the official's job to enforce them as written(within a reasonable limit of interpretation and personal judgement), just as in basketball. Martial Law= Bad Officiating.

Further - I would condend that the 'Tower Philosophy' post is actually INapproriate for this thread. The point of this thread is to learn to play the low post defense correctly(as mentioned several times). Nowhere is it described in detail in any rulebook what displacement or defensive position mean. In reality, small details in wording of what is legal can make huge differences in the end score. This thread has nothing to do with the officials role, other than asking officials (some of whom are very wise), who would know best on the minutia of rules, what is the best way within a set of rules to play a game. I think the question still stands.