NFHS Questionnaire

[JRutledge]

For the record, I liked all the changes to the actual playing of the game. I hate this issue with sleeves and arm bands. I wish the NF would just allow players to wear whatever they wish as long as it is a solid color. Who cares if they match or not. Maybe the only thing is to allow certain colors, but do we have to match every item? We do not see most of these things anyway until the warm-ups come off.

Peace

[APG]

My thoughts.

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Part II – Observations – Have You Seen In Your Area?

1. Illegal uniforms. No

2. Flopping. No more than usual

3. Number and uniform same color. No

4. An increase in rough play during rebounds. No

5. An increase in slapping the backboard. No

6. An increase in recording/reporting errors to the scorekeeping personnel. No

7. Correctable errors being administered incorrectly in games. No

8. Uniform code and adornment rule codes being properly enforced in games. Yes

Part III – About Rules For 2014-15 – Would You Favor

1. Not getting a new 10 seconds after a time-out called from the backcourt or a deflection. Yes...don't penalize the defense for playing good defense and forcing a TO/knocking the ball OOB.

2. Eliminating scoring on any charge call. Timid yes...don't really care either way. Not a situation that occurs often enough for me to care.

3. Adding specific information to the rules book for cleaning up post play. Not needed

4. Calling a time-out and moving the ball to the half-court line. I'd be okay with it...I'm okay w/o it.

5. Permitting a player to have six personal fouls. No

6. Widening the lane to 16 feet/opening up post play. No opinion.

7. Changing the closely guarded to 3 feet instead of 6 feet. No.

8. Adding the defensive arc to the floor. Yes...everyone already believes you can't take a charge under the basket anyway...might as well codify it.

9. Providing a definition for a secondary defender. Yes

10. Playing the game in halves. Timid no...see no issues playing quarters

11. Playing with a shot clock. Yes

12. Adding a sock color restriction/regulation to the uniform rule code.Hell no...if it were up to me, all we would be concerned about is the entire team having a similar colored jersey and numbers on the front and back...having official worry about sleeves and bands and their colors and logos is stupid.

[Welpe]

I'd really like to know what they mean about scoring on a charge call. Did somebody think the NCAA-M rule apply?

[Kelvin green]

Originally Posted by Welpe

I'd really like to know what they mean about scoring on a charge call. Did somebody think the NCAA-M rule apply?

My thought...This would bring the rule closer to the NBA offensive foul call rules. Offense can't score on any offensive foul if I recall correctly

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I wish the NF would just allow players to wear whatever they wish as long as it is a solid color. Who cares if they match or not.

I officiated a preseason scrimmage in which the players wore scrimmage jerseys, white for home, and red for visitors, with many players wearing multiple color undershirts underneath their jerseys. Because it was a scrimmage, we didn't enforce the undershirt color rule. Rebounding fouls, and out of bounds calls under the basket, that would usually be very easy, became a slight challenge. When you've got few big kids reaching for a rebound, some with a white jersey and a red undershirt, some with a red jersey and a white undershirt, some with a white jersey and a white undershirt, and some with a red jersey and a red undershirt, simple calls became more difficult, not a lot more difficult, but still, more difficult.

I believe that the NFHS is right to have color rules for equipment, and uniforms, but only from the waist up. I really don't care what the players are wearing from the waist down, with the only possible exceptions being a kicked ball out of a crowd, or an out of bounds call from a crowd off a player's leg, but we don't get too many of those.