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Rules Changes for 2007-08 -- College and High School

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2005-06 Changes     2006-07 Changes

IAABO 134 Basketball Season 2007-2008 Pre-Game Conference (PDF)

National Federation Basketball Rules Revisions (PDF version of the following)

Rule Changes

  • 2-12-4; 5-11-2 -- Changing the warning horn for a 30-second time-out to be sounded with 15 seconds remaining.
  • 2-12-5 -- Changing the replacement interval for a disqualified player to 20 seconds, with a warning horn sounded with 15 seconds remaining.
  • 4-15-4d; 9-5-2 -- Changing that a dribble ends when loss of control by the dribbler is caused by the opponent touching, or being touched by, the ball, rather than an intentional batting of the ball.
  • 4-42-5 -- Changing that a throw-in ends when the throw-in pass is "legally" touched by another player.
  • Signal Chart -- Adding a signal (spreading of the arms) for when a defender is not in a closely-guarding position.

Major Editorial Changes

  • 3-4-6b New -- Implementation date reached requiring the home team to wear white jerseys. The note will be removed and a new sub-article will be added stating this requirement.
  • 3-5-2 & New "d" -- Adding that guards, casts, braces and compression sleeves must be worn for medical reasons.
  • 3-5-3d -- Clarifying that hard items worn on the head, such as barrettes and bobby pins, are prohibited.
  • 4-40-2d -- Adding to the definition of a legal screen that the screener must stay within his/her vertical plane with a stance approximately shoulder width apart.
  • 7-5-2 thru 7-5-11 -- Articles will be reordered for better understanding and application.
  • 10-3-3 -- Clarifying that a technical foul shall be called when a player purposely and/or deceitfully delays his/her return to the court after legally being out of bounds.
  • 10-6 -- Section will be reorganized for better understanding and application.

Points of Emphasis

  • Uniforms
  • Free Throws
  • Displacement
  • Ball Handler/Dribbler

College Rule Changes

Information posted as available


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