Jump ball question

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by Camron Rust
Unfortunately, too many generally very good officials don't know the rules very well.

I've had more then one tournament level official botch the jumpball.

I wonder if part of the problem on this particular call is that you generally get one jump ball per game now(barring OT),and most officials gloss over that section of the rule book when(and if) they study.Before the AP came in,there would always be several questions on the exam on jump ball administration,and there were more examples in the casebook,too.Naturally,there's not too much emphasis placed on actual jump balls anymore.