Monday of rule talk, infractions (awesome!)
Posted: Monday, May 12, 2008 8:52 PM
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Monday was all about paperwork. How long until the season starts again?
The NCAA rules committee had a host of rule changes to consider Monday, but the only significant one relates to goaltending. The committee recommended “so that a ball that is completely above the rim and has already hit the backboard could not be touched, regardless of whether it is on an upward or downward flight.”
So we’re clear, no touching once it hits the backboard. That’ll affect a couple of possessions a game next season.
Another rule recommendation would require home teams to wear light uniforms and the visitors to wear dark unis – unless both schools agree to switch. (It used to be recommended that home was light and away was dark, but not required.) Hope that one didn’t take too much time to discuss.
There was nothing Monday about widening the lane, or creating a no-charge zone, like the NBA has.
Of course, none of this is gospel. They have to be approved next month. You’d think the rules were applying for a home mortgage.
(Click here for last year’s rule changes, which included the biggie for next season: Moving back the three-point line to 20 feet, 9 inches. How many big men are gonna be able to hit that shot?)
More rule talk? How about a mix of rules and infractions?
Indiana thinks its self-imposed sanctions regarding the Kelvin Sampson fallout should be enough. Don’t penalize us more!
New Hoosiers coach Tom Crean came into a program with a one-year extension of recruiting restrictions on phone calls, the loss of one scholarship for 2008-09 and he gets 10 off-campus recruiting days before July 31.
Is it enough? The NCAA will make a decision on June 14.
And what about just infractions? That’s the case if this story about O.J. Mayo getting about $30,000 and other benefits while attending USC is true. Mayo and his associates have denied any wrongdoing.
Not sure how that one’ll turn out, but good luck to the Trojans, who will probably be hit with some kind of penalty – even if some don’t think they deserve it.
