"Phog" Allen:

"Commenting on the ecntention that elimination cf the cznter
jump speeds up the game, Allen said he was afveid there would be -
too much speed, both for the pieyers anc for the spectators. He
said the plan would me2n faster play at the expense of skill in
ball handling."

"IT see no need of abclishing the tenter jump unless all jumps
are abolished and sone other euuitable way found for putting the
ball into play." :

Hugh McDermott (University of Oklahoma):

"T am in favor of the center jump and feel it gives an un-
certainty and suspense that is part of the game. If there is too
much crowding around the center circle, there always are two of
ficials to call it. I can see little good in surrendering the
ball to the opponents without an equal opportunity to procure it
by hard work and ability. Especially is this true in the closing
minutes of a close game where possession of the ball is of great-
est importance."

George Edwards (University of Missouri):

“Absence of the center jump would speed up the game, but
might make it too strenuous." he says, "Five-man combinations
could not play an entire game because the increase of actual play-
ing time from four to eight minutes would put too great a burden
on the players. That pause after a basket with the center jump,
may be good for the crowd, too.”

Craig Ruby (University of Illinois)

"T don't favor eliminating one important and traditionel phase
of basketball, the center jump and play after the tiper?, To me
this is the same as suggesting the elimination of pase-stealing in
baseball. There is more to the center jump and play than merely
having two tall men leap."

Lewis P. Andreas (Syracuse University)

"The center jump is one of basketball's most attractive fea-
tures. It always has been associated with the geme and, as yet,
no good argument has been acvancec. against it. While some coacnes
claim injuries result, I have yet to see an injury caused by a cen=
ter jump in my twelve years of coaching,

The claim that the censer jump causes fouls is certainly not
true in Eastern backetbell. Another argument advanced claims 1%
is unfair for a teil wan to consercl the tio, Most teams possess
a tail center but it is unusual +o have him contrel the tip com~
pletely. A smart defensive tean will steal the sip-off repeat2d-
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