Rules on the Game of Basketball

Do you remember growing up and you had to obey mommy and daddies rules? “sit up straight while you’re eating. Don’t sit too close towards the television. Stop being selfish with your belongings.” Meanwhile as you get older you follow the rules of being in a daycare, classroom, work environment, and society. To be able to know your rules it allows you to know your boundaries on what can you do and what you cannot do. So we encounter rules in our everyday lives even in sports. In sports we need rules in order to play the game correctly and for our safety. The rules of a sporting event form a structure of a competitive nature. In the game of basketball the rules have changed dramatically ever since it was made in the late 1800s. Over the years, there have been many controversies about the way the game was played so organizations such as the NBA or the WNBA would make adjustments on how the players were playing so that they would play fairly and safely. Along with the massive expansion of technology, collegiate and professional basketball leagues are able to go to video to check replays on calls they have missed. Back in the day, players would get away with many calls and they were not caught so they have used video to their full advantage.

James Naismith was a Canadian native who “took a soccer ball and a peach basket into a gym and invented basketball.” He was born on November 6, 1861 and he passed away on November 28, 1939. Naismith was a physical education teacher at the YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1891 he was inspired to invent the game in order to play a game indoors while it was cold during the winter. After he had cut open the bottom of the peach basket put up another basket and he created the first thirteen orig...

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...orts such as rugby, Arena Football League, and the Major League of Soccer. With the replay on the referee’s cam you can tell what they have seen or have not. It was an experimental project when they used it for one game. If it became official for the professional leagues it would enhance the chances of making the right call.

Rules are very crucial during a gameplay because it structures fairness and safety for players in a competitive nature. Without any rules you wouldn’t be able to determine the winner of the game. Without rules you wouldn’t be able to know how your parents want you to behave. The rules in the game of basketball would continue to add on because players tend to play differently than those in the past. Even though that rules changes the game we play, it’s a way of making sure that we are all on the same page and we are playing the game right.