Announcement
Rule changes for the season starting November 2004: (Only minor changes have been made.)
Section of rule book affected is listed first.
1-5-2 Deletes the requirement for contrasting colored lines for the lane spaces/neutral zone and lane boundary lines.
1-13-2 Deletes the requirement for the coaching box line to contrast with the boundary lines.
3-4-6 Note Beginning in 2007-08, the home team will be required to wear white jerseys and the visiting team dark jerseys.
4-29 Expanded kicking rule to include intentionally striking the ball with any part of the leg or foot.
10-3-7d Expanded rule pertaining to obstructing an opponent’s vision to include the player with the ball.
10-4-4 Added that bench personnel will be charged with a flagrant foul if they leave the confines of the bench when a fight may break out.
Major Editorial Changes:
2-8-4 Clarifies that the official shall notify the coach, then signal the timer to start the replacement interval and then notify the player on a disqualification
3-3-6 Note Added a new note clarifying that both teams must request a time-out in order to keep two opposing players in the game that were both directed to leave for injury/blood.
4-10 Clarifies that a closely guarded situation occurs when the player holding or dribbling the ball is continuously guarded by any opponent who is within six feet.
4-11-1 Clarifies that continuous motion applies to a try or tap for field goals and free throws, when there is a foul by any defensive player, not just a defensive foul on the shooter.
4-23-3a Further clarified the requirements after initial legal guarding position has been established.
7-5-7 Clarifies that a team will retain end line run privileges after a violation or common foul.
8-1-1 and 8-1-2 Separates previous Art. 1 into two articles addressing typical free throw administration and when the resumption-of-play procedure is in effect (remaining articles were renumbered).
Signal Chart: Illegal use of hands adjusted from an open hand to a closed fist across the arm.
A 2003-04 clarification defined basket interference to include when a player pulls down a movable ring so that it contacts the ball before the ring returns to its original position.
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