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potato, I don't know how you're going to get more thorough answers than you got in your original thread.
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If I had a dime for every time I heard this, or something similar, I might, just might, be able to buy a cup of coffee at Starbucks. |
I Can't Follow My Own Advice ...
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I appreciate your suggestions, and I will give them a closer look, but some (some, not all) of your selections are commonly misunderstood, by coaches, players and fans, not by officials, and with the possible exception of brand new officials who have just opened the rulebook for the first time, this list is not meant for officials. I think that your overestimating the rules knowledge of the common, garden variety, fan, many of whom are not really die hard basketball fans, but are parents who are only there to watch their sons, or daughters: "That's not out of bounds, it didn't touch anything while going over the top of the backboard". |
Who Says I'm Not Writing An Article ???
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(Note: Several years ago I maintained a list of Forum members who contributed to this list, a way of giving credit where credit is due. Unfortunately, due to a computer "crash" I lost this list. I figured it was gone forever, and didn't add any new contributers to the list, figuring it wasn't fair to the old contributers. Eventually I found the list online, but I've decided not to maintain this list for fear of not listing those who contributed in between the "crash" and the "finding", i.e., the "gap".) |
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Maybe this week I'll have time to sit down and make a top 20 list of how I see it. YMMV, of course. Also, Billy, I appreciate the effort that has gone into this. |
In The Immortal Words Of Lawrence Peter Berra ...
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Not in high school. Not in middle school. Not in YMCA, AAU, or any other equivalent idiot-filled league. |
Miss America Has To Be Hot, And Has To Have A Talent ...
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In the immortal words of a naked old man running through the streets of ancient Syracuse (no, it wasn't Jim Boeheim), "Eureka". Thanks to your post, I've finally figured out how I selected rules to post on this "list", or "article". Selections are not only based on the frequency that the rule is misunderstood, but the selection is also based on how simple the rule should be to understand, if the fan only knew the rule. Note that there is no explanation on my "list" regarding the different types of jump stops that are legal, or illegal, in regard to the traveling rule. This rule is difficult for some officials to understand, and more so to explain, so I'm not going to expect a fan to know all the nuances of the traveling rule. When a player executes a completely legal jump stop, and a fan yells, "travel", I'm not thinking to myself, "stupid fan", but when an inbounds pass from underneath the team's basket goes untouched into the backcourt where it is retrieved by as player from that team, and a fan yells, "backcourt", then I'm thinking, "idiot fan, if he only knew the rule". |
Time Limit For A Held Ball ???
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I Know My Limits ...
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If I were to ever turn this into a PowerPoint, without a co-author, I could guarantee that 90% of my audience would be asleep by the conclusion of the presentation, and that I would never be invited back by the audience to ever make another presentation. Never, ever. |
And You May Also Be In Trouble With Major League Baseball ...
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My legal people will be in touch with your legal people tomorrow morning. I gave my people the day off today in honor of Memorial Day. And don't try to delete your post. I took a screen shot of it, and it's safely locked up, hermetically sealed, in a #2 mayonnaise jar, on Funk and Wagnall's porch. |
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Lyndon Baines Johnson ...
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Next, you'll be telling me that there's a basketball player named FDR, or JFK. |
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