2015-16 NCAA rule changes (Men's and Women's)

[jpgc99]

A few interesting rules changes from the memo just posted on Arbiter (NCAA MEN):

4-1, 4-17
and 10-1
Penalty
No longer permit offense to score on a charging foul (e.g., airborne shooter).
Rationale: Reward the defense for an offensive foul. Also, eliminate the controversial call where an official counts the basket and
then awards free throws to the defensive team

4-17.4 and
4-17.6
Restrict a secondary defender who has established legal guarding position from moving sideways to maintain legal guarding position
on an airborne shooter/passer.
Rationale: Codify a previously approved interpretation of the guarding rules relating to block/charge plays involving an airborne
player.

10-3.1
and 11-
2.1.d
Add “faking being fouled by an opponent” as a Class A technical foul. Such acts include, but are not limited to, flopping or sudden
movement of the head in an attempt to draw a foul. However, such fouls could only be assessed after an official has elected to use
instant replay to review whether a flagrant foul has been committed and, in doing so, sees a clear violation of the rule involving faking
being fouled.
Rationale: Penalize this unsportsmanlike act, which is becoming more prevalent

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by jpgc99

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10-3.1
and 11-
2.1.d
Add “faking being fouled by an opponent” as a Class A technical foul. Such acts include, but are not limited to, flopping or sudden
movement of the head in an attempt to draw a foul. However, such fouls could only be assessed after an official has elected to use
instant replay to review whether a flagrant foul has been committed and, in doing so, sees a clear violation of the rule involving faking
being fouled.
Rationale: Penalize this unsportsmanlike act, which is becoming more prevalent

Great rule....the NBA needs to adopt it.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by jpgc99

4-17.4 and
4-17.6
Restrict a secondary defender who has established legal guarding position from moving sideways to maintain legal guarding position on an airborne shooter/passer.
Rationale: Codify a previously approved interpretation of the guarding rules relating to block/charge plays involving an airborne player.

Isn't that already the rule at all levels?

I have yet to see an airborne player change direction without contact. That means that if a defender has to move sideways to be in the path of the airborne player ("maintain LGP", as they say above), that defender couldn't have been in the path of the opponent before the opponent went airborne. By definition, that means that the defender couldn't even have an LGP to maintain.

[JetMetFan]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Isn't that already the rule at all levels?

I have yet to see an airborne player change direction without contact. That means that if a defender has to move sideways to be in the path of the airborne player ("maintain LGP", as they say above), that defender couldn't have been in the path of the opponent before the opponent went airborne. By definition, that means that the defender couldn't even have an LGP to maintain.

I thought it was just me when I read that. What worries me is if it had to be clarified that means officials were calling PC fouls on airborne shooters when a defender shifted to stay in front of them.