Updated Approvals: NCAA WBB Rules Committee Proposed Changes 2024-25

[Ignatius L Hoops]

1-game suspension proposed for physical abuse, threats against women’s basketball officials - NCAA.org

The NCAA Women's Basketball Rules Committee recommended a one-game suspension be added to the ejection of players, coaches or bench personnel who make physical contact

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The NCAA Women's Basketball Rules Committee recommended a one-game suspension be added to the ejection of players, coaches or bench personnel who make physical contact or threaten referees.

All rules proposals must be approved by the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel before becoming official. The panel is scheduled to discuss women's basketball rules June 6.

The rule book already defines this conduct as anyone who "disrespectfully contacts an official or makes a threat of physical intimidation or harm to include pushing, shoving, spitting, or attempting to make physical contact with an official."

Committee members, who met this week in Indianapolis, feel proposing a suspension can help deter such behavior toward officials.

In January, the Playing Rules Oversight Panel issued a directive to all NCAA rules committees to review their sportsmanship and ethical conduct rules.

"In an effort to address unsporting behavior that we are seeing in our game directed towards officials, the committee felt it was important to send a message of support to the officiating community," said Nicki Collen, rules committee chair and coach at Baylor. "When game participants physically abuse or threaten an official, it should not be tolerated."

Expanded video review​

The committee proposed expanding video replay review to include whether a player's foot last touching the court was inbounds on a made shot before time expired.

Since these plays are automatically reviewed to see whether the shot was released before time expired, committee members hope to give officials another tool to get the call right.

If the player's foot is determined to be out of bounds, officials would put the exact time of the violation on the game clock.

However, if the shot is made, and time remains on the game clock, a video review would not occur.

Currently, officials cannot review whether a player's foot was out of bounds prior to releasing a shot before time expires unless an out-of-bounds call was made by an official on the floor during live play.

Also, in instances where an off-ball foul is called near the time a field goal or free-throw attempt is occurring, officials would have to immediately conduct a replay review to judge whether a basket should count.

This is an adjustment to last year's rules change that provided for the review of defensive fouls to be conducted during the next electronic-media timeout. The committee felt that it was more consistent for all replay reviews to be conducted at the same time when determining whether the field goal or free throw should count.

 

[Ignatius L Hoops]

1-game suspension approved for physical abuse, threats against women’s basketball officials - NCAA.org

The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel on Thursday approved adding a one-game suspension to the ejection of women's basketball players, coaches or bench personnel

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Suspension and video review approvals:

The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel on Thursday approved adding a one-game suspension to the ejection of women's basketball players, coaches or bench personnel who make physical contact or threaten referees.

The rules book already defines a violation as occurring when anyone "disrespectfully contacts an official or makes a threat of physical intimidation or harm, to include pushing, shoving, spitting or attempting to make physical contact with an official."

Women's Basketball Rules Committee members proposed the rule change, which will take effect next season, with hopes that a suspension could help deter such behavior toward officials.

In January, the Playing Rules Oversight Panel issued a directive to all NCAA rules committees to review their sportsmanship and ethical conduct rules.

Expanded video review

Panel members also approved expanding video replay review to include whether a player's foot last touching the court was inbounds on a made shot before time expired.

Since these plays are automatically reviewed to see whether the shot was released before time expired, panel members agreed with the Women's Basketball Rules Committee that this change gives officials another tool to get the call right.

If the player's foot is determined to be out of bounds, officials will put the exact time of the violation on the game clock.

However, if the shot is made and time remains on the game clock, a video review will not occur.

Previously, officials could not review whether a player's foot was out of bounds prior to releasing a shot before time expires unless an out-of-bounds call was made by an official on the floor during live play.

Also, in instances where an off-ball foul is called near the time a field goal or free-throw attempt is occurring, officials will have to immediately conduct a replay review to judge whether a basket should count.

This is an adjustment to last year's rules change that provided for the review of defensive fouls to be conducted during the next electronic-media timeout. The Women's Basketball Rules Committee felt that it was more consistent for all replay reviews to be conducted at the same time when determining whether the field goal or free throw should count.

 

[BigTenGuy]

1-game suspension approved for physical abuse, threats against women’s basketball officials - NCAA.org

The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel on Thursday approved adding a one-game suspension to the ejection of women's basketball players, coaches or bench personnel

www.ncaa.org

Suspension and video review approvals:

The scope of this new review seems very narrow, unless I misunderstand. Consider the following scenarios

1. Catch and shoot from corner with foot on the line. Ball caught with .6 second left with foot on line (no call), made shot released with .1 seconds left, with last foot touching court out of bounds, and ball falls through net with no time left. Video review allowed to see if shot taken before time expired, and if player was out of bounds. Result. Basket waived off, .6 put on the clock and ball awarded to other team.

2. Almost same scenario. Catch and shoot from corner with foot on the line. Ball caught with 2 seconds left with foot on line (no call), made shot taken with 1.5 seconds left, with last foot touching court out of bounds, and ball falls through net with .3 seconds left on clock. Video review of being out of bounds not allowed where shot is made, and time remains on the game clock. Basket good.

3. Almost same scenario as original with dribble added. Ball caught with 1.5 seconds left with foot on line (no call), player takes 1 dribble and made shot released with .1 seconds left, with last foot touching court no longer out of bounds, and ball falls through net with no time left. Video review allowed to see if shot taken before time expired. No review allowed of catching ball out of bounds because last foot touching court before shot taken was now in bounds. Basket good.

 

[HitMeAgainIAmStillMoving]

The scope of this new review seems very narrow, unless I misunderstand. Consider the following scenarios

1. Catch and shoot from corner with foot on the line. Ball caught with .6 second left with foot on line (no call), made shot released with .1 seconds left, with last foot touching court out of bounds, and ball falls through net with no time left. Video review allowed to see if shot taken before time expired, and if player was out of bounds. Result. Basket waived off, .6 put on the clock and ball awarded to other team.

2. Almost same scenario. Catch and shoot from corner with foot on the line. Ball caught with 2 seconds left with foot on line (no call), made shot taken with 1.5 seconds left, with last foot touching court out of bounds, and ball falls through net with .3 seconds left on clock. Video review of being out of bounds not allowed where shot is made, and time remains on the game clock. Basket good.

3. Almost same scenario as original with dribble added. Ball caught with 1.5 seconds left with foot on line (no call), player takes 1 dribble and made shot released with .1 seconds left, with last foot touching court no longer out of bounds, and ball falls through net with no time left. Video review allowed to see if shot taken before time expired. No review allowed of catching ball out of bounds because last foot touching court before shot taken was now in bounds. Basket good.

Had to read it twice to even see the difference. In the list of jobs I never want I include referee.

 

[Chico Gopher]

I always laugh at people who complain about refs, with-out fully understanding everything they have to pay attention to on the court. Among them, there is some type of foul or violation on pretty much every single trip down the floor, so which do I call and which do I let go, knowing that the sofa expert at home will point to that as the turning point.

Do officials miss calls sometimes? Yes. Do they do it on purpose? No. Could you do it better? Unless you're willing to prove it, I call B.S. Seriously, there is a shortage of officials, so instead of complaining about them, why not (if you're physically able) be part of the solution?

I've always felt that those sofa officials should probably get out there on the floor, work themselves up to a consistent job as at least a high school ref for a few years before complaining that refs are on the take or blind or don't know what they're doing. Truly one of the situations in life where, if you haven't actually done it competently for a few years, you shouldn't complain about those who have.

 

[Outsider]

I always laugh at people who complain about refs, with-out fully understanding everything they have to pay attention to on the court. Among them, there is some type of foul or violation on pretty much every single trip down the floor, so which do I call and which do I let go, knowing that the sofa expert at home will point to that as the turning point.

Do officials miss calls sometimes? Yes. Do they do it on purpose? No. Could you do it better? Unless you're willing to prove it, I call B.S. Seriously, there is a shortage of officials, so instead of complaining about them, why not (if you're physically able) be part of the solution?

I've always felt that those sofa officials should probably get out there on the floor, work themselves up to a consistent job as at least a high school ref for a few years before complaining that refs are on the take or blind or don't know what they're doing. Truly one of the situations in life where, if you haven't actually done it competently for a few years, you shouldn't complain about those who have.

This! Having done it, this is exactly what people need to do. Have actually sat at a youth lacrosse game where I asked a guy bitchin at the refs if he actually knew the rules to the game? His response, f*** you, why would I want to do that! My response was so you don’t look like an idiot to those of us who actually know the rules. He wanted to go but backed off when I got out of my chair and was a little bigger then he anticipated at 6’4” and about 250 lbs.

 

[60's Guy]

Refs are not biased.
They do the best they can.
But, at the high school level you get some really incompetent well meaning people.
At the AAU level it's usually kids and bad HS refs doing it for money...you'll go crazy focusing on them. Again, they are not biased...just horrible. It evens out unless you are unlucky in a close game at the end.