SPORTSCAST = KFKU = March 16, 1944

The questionnaire committee of the joint basketball rules body
have sent questd salad ook to all the college, independent and high school
coaches of the United States with a view of getting their opinion concerning
suggested changes in the rules that would benefit the game of basketball.

One coach said to me today, when I was discussing research with
him, “You are right, I filled out a questionnaire and tolé them what I
thought about certain changes, not one of which I had actually tried out.”
de said, "I presume most of the coaches do it the same way. It is certainly
WR Gr odicetad on fact finding." |

These written opinions are not based upon research or any game
condition try-outs. The rules body generally meet and hick a@ cross section
of opinions and if there are enough opinions meriting a change, the rules
committee are apt to adopt a rule covering a majority opinion, ‘This procedure
is altogether wrong. No rule should be adopted in that manner, It should
only be incorporated in the rules after it has been subjected to an efficient
research committee. This committee should not only work out the problems
but they should appoint teams in different sections of the nation to try the -
various rule changes out under game conditions. Certain fact finding groups
could then report directly to the research committee. The research committee,
after carefully formulating their findings on the various rule changes, shunt
could then submit this ieee data. to the rules committee who would then be
in possession of proven facts. This would be logical and altogether different

than the procedure at present.