January 21st, 1941

To Members,
National Basketball Committee:

By this time you have probably been notified that the annual meeting will be
held at Kansas City, Missouri, on Sunday and Monday, March 30th and 31st.
The N.C,A.A, basketball finals will be held on the night of March 29th,

At this time I call ettention

ss To the enclosed proposed constitution, and
To the desirability of sending suggestions relative to the annual question-
naire |

Enclosed is copy of the constitution which was drawn up several years ago but
which has never been officially adopted, You will recall that it was presented
to the group at leat year's meeting but the time available was short and the com-
mittee decided to postpone action until this year. ‘s far as I know, this con-
stitution was draw up in such awy as to meet with the approval of all of the
constituent groups after a careful study had been made of the sentiment relative
to its provisions. It is my belief that it is in wnformity with the needs of
the committee but you should take the time to study its povisions in order that
action may be taken at the annual meeting without consuming too much time which
will be needed for the real business at hand, i.,e., consideration of the basket-
ball rules for next year, Please bring your copy of the constitution with you
to the meeting, |

The questionnaire will be made up in a mamner similar to that of last year.
Each member is invited to submit suggestions, An attempt will be made to in-
corporate these suggestions in a form which will be passed upon by the members
of the questionnaire sub-committee. The fiml1 printed form will represent the
combined judgment of this sub-committee,

Here are some suggestions relative to what should probably beineluded in the
final questionnaire.

1, Cheek-up on sentiment relative to important changes of last year,

2, Statistics relative to number of courts equipped with new type backboard,
action designed to improve court lighting conditions, sentiment relative
to the ¢fect of the game on health of players, extent to which substitu-
tions are mie by the use of substitution slips, and extent to whichwill
clocks are satisfactory as the offical timer,

3. Rule proposals for 1941-2 should probably include the followings

a. Should substitutions be permitted following a field goal, i.e, any time
the ball is dead?

b. Should the game be slowed up by requiring that the offichl handle the
ball after a field goal and either hold it for a few seconds or award
it to the team scored upon at mid-court out of bounds?

¢. Should the official go to the scorer's table when the scorer's horn
sounds and complete all substitutions at the table?

d, Should the rules provide for one scorer, one timer and a supervisor or
checker to be assigned specified duties and to be responsible to the