Ball goes through bottom of hoop

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by Nevadaref
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That has been my point all along. When we get into these debates on the rules I always argue based on what is written in the NFHS rules book, not what was meant, or was implied, or was left out, or is in the NCAA manual, etc.

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee

I'm saying that the NFHS rulesmakers never contemplated putting in a rule that would allow us to award points on a play like this where it would otherwise always be impossible for those points to be scored.

Sorry, JR, but we have already quoted you 9.11.2 Sit C to disprove this statement.

[/B][/QUOTE]Nevada,would you care to enlighten me,as per your first statement above,exactly how you can make such a statement and then go and selectively call,or ignore,something like travelling? Please point out the section of the rule book that says you can only call travelling if a defender is within a certain distance.What is that distance supposed to be anyway? 5 feet? 15 feet? 30 feet?

As for your other statement above,maybe you can also explain to me how a casebook play related to a ball touched in the cylinder above the basket has got anything at all in common with a ball being touched that has never been in the cylinder and has always been below the ring. Apples and oranges again,Nevada.The "cylinder" and the "basket" are completely different concepts in the rule book.