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^-PRO COURT APPEAL MAJOR WORRY—Ceiieges Check 24-Secend RuleCam and Norton Backing ChangesNEW YORK (UP).—*Professional basketball’s new 24-second rule has the colleeg coaches worried today about their game’s spectator appeal, and there Isj concrete proof in the seemingly radical remarks of NYU’s Howard Cann and Manhattan's Ken Norton.The pros took basketball back almost to. its original concept this season with their rule which gives a team only 24 seconds to get off a shot after it gains possession. This prevents stalling and obviates the necessity of fouling Jo get possession of the ball in the game's late stages.Cann 'made no secret of his preference for the, 24-second rule, as well as the pros’ 12-foot wide foul lane, and the tip-off of collegiate changes to come \s that he was seconded all the way by Norton, a member* of . the college rules committee.BUT CANN went even farther when he called for outlawing of the zone and relaxation of the Nov. 1 deadline on which college basketball practice may be started.* “We have to get rid of the €:zone, Cann insisted stoutly. ‘When Penn State and La Salle used it last year in the NCAA semi-finals, the stands were almost empty at the end of the quarter.*Asserting that college basketball is ‘'stified by too many rules and regulations/’ Cann attacked the Nov. 1 practice as a bit of legislation aimed at basketball and football while such sports as crew, track and.baseball have unlimited frpe#dom. y •‘THE NCAA and a lot of Colleges are worried about what to do about college basketball,” he added. “Well, we should take some lessons from the pros, like the; new 24-second rule and with their 12-foot foul lane there are no cheap tap-in baskets.” Norton told the New York Basketball Writers Association in a subsequent talk that he, too. would like the 24-second rule.It brings basketball back to the game as it should be played, back to its basic principles, he argued.———.—-——.-—
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Syracuse Herald Journal
Syracuse, New York, US
Fri, Dec 03, 1954
Page 43
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