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IMINARY SYNOPSIS OF ACTION ON RULE CHANG:

 

 

yors: his is merely a preliminary synopsis for your information,

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No attempt has been made to properly word any of the changes
and there may even be some omissions of minor actions.

Complete copy of minutes will be forwarded at a later date.

It was voted to eliminate the center jump after field goals.
The ball is to be put in play immediately by the opponents |
of the scoring team from the end of the court. Details will
correspond with those which have been in use in the Pacific
Coast Conference,

It was voted to retain the three-second lane rule as it now
is, The questionnaires indicated overwhelming sentiment in
favor of sueh retention and while various arguments were pre-
sented on both sides of the question it was felt that the
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The comments 0” sereening and blocking which were drawn up
during the early part of the week by Messrs. Tower and Bunn
and ap ed by the National Coaches ‘ssociation were ap-
proved, The editor is instructed to make such revision in —
wording or arrangement as may seem desirable and to substitute
this statement for part of the comments which are now in-
cluded under the heading of “blocking”.

The term “face —. is to be removed and the present
Seetion 13 of Rule 7 will be replaced with a statement that in
case a player disregards the ball and faces an opponent, etc.,
the responsibility for contact which may ensue is primarily
on the player who does this,

The Res®®eh Committee was instructed to prepare an article
relative to the possibilities in the ultimate use of baskets
which would be placed higher than the present 10 feet. The
questionnaire Committee was instructed $s seenene = with
the Research Committee in educational activity along this line,
Rule 14-13, This rule is to be amended in such a way that it
will be a violation for a defensive player to “touch the ball
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eylinder above the basket which has for its base the pasket

ring. It will also be a violation if a player touches the

pall with his hand while that hand or wrist is in contact with

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the ring.

The question of allowing s team to decline the penalty for 4

free throw for the privilege of taking the ball out of bounds
at the end of the division line was referred to the Questionnaire
Committee for further study, ‘lso the editor was instructed to
make it clear that a deliberate foul committed near the end

of playing time should result in an extra free throw,