regulatory accountability
For better regulatory accountability, regulators should wear a dagger and be ready to commit suicide. … Read the post regulatory accountability
Regulating sports: my service as a basketball referee and notes on basketball officiating.
For better regulatory accountability, regulators should wear a dagger and be ready to commit suicide. … Read the post regulatory accountability
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the premier professional basketball league in the U.S. Officiating in the NBA is roughly equivalent to working in a federal regulatory agency, with NBA officials get getting somewhat more public appreciation and a lot less heckling. In the 2008-09 NBA season, the number of calls that officials chose to … Continue reading overturning regulatory calls
At a training camp for basketball officials, a senior official emphasized the importance of rule knowledge. He explained that he keeps a copy of the basketball rulebook in his bathroom. Every time he spends time on the toilet, he reads the rulebook. All regulatory officials should adopt this practice. Rule books in some fields are … Continue reading regulations belong in the bathroom
The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) has clarified two basketball free-throw regulations. Regulation 9-1-3d previously stated: 9-1-3d: No player shall enter or leave a marked lane space. It now states: 9-1-3d: No player shall enter or leave a marked lane space by contacting the court outside the 36-inch by 36-inch space. This … Continue reading clarification of free-throw lane regulations
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