dunking in the warmups

[so cal lurker]

Originally Posted by APG

The only reasonable reason for the rule today is to protect the basket from damage...especially since no level, except for the schools in the Power 5 conferences, are going to have a standby basket ready. I saw this play out at a local AAU tournament 2 weeks ago.

Personally, I think the reason the rule remains has nothing to do with injuries or rim damage. Those player who can't dunk are trying to do it every day before practice on those very same rims (and even in the gym before the refs walk in). It is hard to damage a modern spring-loaded snap back rim -- the kids who can't dunk or can barely dunk aren't putting anyhwere near the stress that NBA and college players are when they dunk. So, my expectation is that while there may be some concern about damage or injuries (especally as it pertains to schools with older equipment), the major reason the rule is there is that it's been there and there is no one clamoring to change it.