Slapping the backboard in pregame?

[Freddy]

Originally Posted by jeremy341a

In a game I was watching the other night one team when they came out for warmup instad of doing rim jumps formed two lines and run down and they all jump and slap the backboard. They didn't do it super forceful but hard enough to shake the backboard a little. Is this legal?

Interesting.

10-3-4b: "A player shall not...intentionally contact the backboard/ring by...intentionally slapping or striking the backboard...while a try or tap is in flight or is touching the backboard or is in the basket or in the cylinder above the basket".

However, the usual pre-game shenanigans that mean a bench technical, 10-4-1i mentions only "Grasping either basket except to prevent injury; dunking or stuffing, or attempting to dunk or stuff a dead ball."

Therefore, when putting those two things together, it seems that Article 3 does not apply to the pregame activities and your high-flying pregame warmer-uppers are ok doing that. Unless they're wrecking stuff--then it's a site administrator issue.

That's off the top of my head.

Or has my attempt at reason missed something else obvious?