NFHS legalizes video at halftime...

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by bainsey

Or, the soccer rules committee can't think of a legitimate reason not to use video devices -- which are inexpensive and so readily available these days -- to teach that sport. And yes, I believe the NFHS likes to keep such rules similar among their sports, so what makes basketball so different? Isn't it silly for such things to be illegal? If not, why not?

It is silly for them to be illegal...

up until the first time some dillweed decides to use such video to try to prove a referee wrong. Which will happen about 8 seconds after they legalize this.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

It is silly for them to be illegal...

up until the first time some dillweed decides to use such video to try to prove a referee wrong. Which will happen about 8 seconds after they legalize this.

Exactly what I was thinking. Maybe they would be prohibited from using them other than during intermission in the locker room. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

It is silly for them to be illegal...

up until the first time some dillweed decides to use such video to try to prove a referee wrong. Which will happen about 8 seconds after they legalize this.

Valid point, though I'm sure it'll be made clear the video is for their usage, not ours. The mere mention of "come look at the video" will likely result in dissent, which is a yellow card/technical foul.

Just the same, if a fight breaks out, I doubt we'll have access to someone's video during the game.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by bainsey

Valid point, though I'm sure it'll be made clear the video is for their usage, not ours. The mere mention of "come look at the video" will likely result in dissent, which is a yellow card/technical foul.

Just the same, if a fight breaks out, I doubt we'll have access to someone's video during the game.

Any mention of a video showing that an umpire's call is wrong is an immediate EJ in baseball. So, the soccer reference above doesn't surprise me, and I'd expect something similar if video becomes allowed in basketball.