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Originally Posted by BillyMac
2013-14 BASKETBALL RULES CHANGES
TIP SIGNAL: This signal increases the official's ability to communicate with the players, coaches and fans on critical plays. Immediately communicating whether or not the defense tipped the ball allows the offensive team to immediately know whether or not they can recover the ball without penalty. Having no signal actually gives the defense an unfair advantage as they do not need to know which team caused the ball to enter the backcourt, they can recover the ball without penalty regardless.
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That is fundamentally stupid. The offense doesn't deserve the extra help because they are the ones that lost control of the ball...probably through a bad pass. We're supposed to judge the legality of the players' actions, not help them in their actions.
Are we to give the tip when the ball is heading OOB so one team or the other can know they don't have to save the ball?
Are we also going to yell out when the ball handler is getting close to a boundary line so they don't step OOB???
Sat Jun 15, 2013, 01:36pm
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