~ NATIONAL FEDERATION BASKETBALL RULE CHANGES ~

3-5-3

Any item that goes around the entire head (elastic strips/bands, pre-wrap, headbands, etc.) shall meet the rule requirements regarding color, maximum size, logo restrictions and team uniformity. Black and beige have also been added to the colors a team is permitted to wear. Rationale: This change makes the rule more consistent in application and enforcement. The additional colors will provide student-athletes with the same low-cost options, while maintaining team uniformity.

8-1-4b, c, d

During a free throw, all players will move up one marked lane space, leaving the two spaces closest to the end line vacant. A new mark (2 inches by 8 inches) must be reapplied to the lane line near the free-throw line to designate the last 3-foot marked lane space. Rationale: This rules change may reduce rough play during free-throw situations while maintaining defensive rebounding percentages within an acceptable range.

10-5-5 NEW

A maximum of one technical foul shall be charged directly to the head coach when a participant wears an illegal jersey, illegal pants/skirt or an illegal number. Rationale: This rules change reduces the penalty from one technical foul assessed to each starter and each substitute to a maximum of one technical foul assessed directly to the head coach. There has been a proliferation of illegal uniforms worn by teams within the last several years. This change reduces the penalty, but puts the responsibility for illegal uniforms where it ultimately belongs – with the head coach – not the participant.

2008-09 NFHS Basketball Editorial Changes

3-4

The uniform section will be reorganized to separate the topics by articles and adjust the language to reflect current industry standards/terminology.

4-27-2

A portion of the first sentence of the ‘incidental contact’ definition will be removed to clarify that a foul should be called when displacement occurs while opponents attempt to secure a loose ball.

4-42-5

The article will be reorganized into sub-articles for clarity.

10-5

The section will be reorganized for better understanding and clarity.

2008-09 Points of Emphasis

1. Legal Uniforms

2. Rough Play

3. Time-outs

4. Slapping the Backboard

5. Officials’ Mechanics and Signals 2008-09 Basketball Manual 11

~ UIL RULE CHANGES ~

All amendments below are effective for the 2008-09 school year, unless otherwise noted.

• Allow for a fee increase for officials in all sports.

• Clarify the fee schedule and reimbursement paid by schools to officials.

• Require all first year coaches and any coach who is not a full-time employee of the school district to complete the NFHS Fundamentals of Coaching Course prior to their participation as a coach for any UIL member school (Exception: Retired teachers/administrators with 20 or more years experience and student teachers).

• Alter the penalty for a coach who is ejected from a contest, and fails to have the ejection overturned, by requiring the NFHS Fundamentals of Coaching Course.

• In Conference 4A, allow four teams to advance from each district to the playoffs in the team sports of baseball, basketball, football, soccer, softball and volleyball.

• In Conference 4A, establish regional tournaments in soccer and volleyball.

• Require annual training for at least one member of each UIL district executive committee for basketball.

• In soccer, expand the 4A alignment from 32 to 64 districts.

• Establish the penalties for a positive anabolic steroid test result.

• Create a mechanism for a procedural appeal of a positive anabolic steroid test result.