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We are submitting for your consideration a suggestion of using an 8 foot
radius circle with the center of the basket as the center of the circle.

No player on the offensive side may shoot at a basket in this area. The
three-second prohibition rule is eliminated. An offensive player may remain
in the circle as long as he desires, may catch the ball and pass out, or

any player may dribble in and dribble out without restriction. This rule
will prevent close lay-ups or any tip=-in shots. The line of the ciftcle

is counted within this area.

This rule is intended to curtail the altitude of the exceptionally tall
player who camps in under or around the basket and dunks or taps the ball
ine This prohibition will cut down a great number of fouls, especially
when the player is fouled wren driving in for the basket in an attempt to
shoot a goale It will also eliminate all the nudging fouls by the offensive
or the defensive player in a single or double post play. There may still

be a few of the two-shot variety fouls after a try for goal outside of

this area, but it is claimed that the restriction of shooting for field
goals in this area will aid materially in the reduction of fouls.

There are many prohibitions in basketball; for example, the three-second
rule and also the rule against the defensive player batting the ball off
the rim of the basket or abeve the cylinder of the basket. This rule affects
only the altitudinous offensive player. It does not strike at the exception-
ally tall player who bats the ball away from the cylinder of the basket.

We at Kansas have really tried this rule out and found it amazingly success-
ful in clearing up the area under the basket.