No 3-point line at 19' 9"

[refiator]

When in Rome.......

[Rich]

A foot isn't really that big of a difference. Personally, I can't believe they didn't move the college line back even more.

[26 Year Gap]

I suppose you could give them 3 if the shooter's foot was on the line.

[whistleone]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

I suppose you could give them 3 if the shooter's foot was on the line.

That is actually one of the ideas being suggested. I can see that causing problems for players and officials.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by whistleone

That is actually one of the ideas being suggested. I can see that causing problems for players and officials.

Hence, the eye roll. What if a guy has big feet and a heel on the 20-9 line might mean toes would be on a 19-9 line (if it were there)?

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by whistleone

That is actually one of the ideas being suggested. I can see that causing problems for players and officials.

Why would it cause a problem for us? If they do not put down the proper line, we play with what we got. It will hurt the players more because they will have to take a shot further out and I am sure some would have a mental block to do that. If the arena wants to be lazy and the teams are OK playing the game under these circumstances, I am not going to do more work for their benefit.

Peace

[Mark Padgett]

Because of some scheduling situations, our local kids rec league has to play some girls and boys HS games in an old elementary school gym and there's no 3 point line at all. We discussed it with the school district and told them that we would pay to get one painted on the court. They said no, but didn't really give us a reason. So now we're playing some HS games with no 3 point line at all. I worked two games there one night two weeks ago and my hand inadvertently went up quite a few times during the boys games when they took long shots. My partner did the same thing. It's just force of habit, I guess.