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Show j-f- Spotlight on Sports By Don Robinson There is probably no sport in which the audience figures it is the equal or more of the officials than basketball. bas-ketball. Nor is there any sport where the officiating is more f.ubjcctive. Nor is there any major sport where the powers that be tinker with the rules more often. The latest insanity is the five second rule pertaining to penetration pene-tration of a certain zone marked by small white lines on the court. A player whose guard is within six feet and who dribbles or holds the ball for five seconds is guilty . of causing a jump ball. Now, test yourself. Get a stop watch and try to guess when five seconds are up. Then try it with a thousand fans screaming and ten players i I .J(' ii,ini.,M running around a yb loot court. You say you can do it every time ? You're a better man than I am Ghunga Din. I carry a stop watch to every sporting event, but I can't guess that close. No way ! Try watching the scoreboard for five seconds on the clock. That's great, but how can you watch the game at the same time - especially if you are a referee The rule is an engraved invitation to second guess the officials. We have had one call here when two seconds had elapsed on the stop watch. That's a 66.6 percent error, but an honest one. Somebody Some-body perpetrated a colossal booboo on the players the fans arid the game. How come the small crowds for basketball? Moab has a fine product to sell. The opposition has been Triple A, or in the case of Emery High, a fine basketball school. Last year, the fans seem to revel in adversity as the team had to fight back from disaster. Hopefully, it may be the tough competition for the entertainment dollar that comes before Christmas and the crowds will come with the league season. It might also be the over saturation in sports caused by weekend TV. Three days is a bit much so fans rest on Friday night. It seems, according to national publications, to be a trend. The kids do need support. To be number one requires number one support. sup-port. Remember, they could be out breaking your windows win-dows instead of splitting th nets. Moab wrestlers have a home. They moved into the recently renovated shop last week. It's overdue, but appreciated. |