Editor,
Here it is once again — basketball season. It seems to last forever. I may be naïve, but I have a couple of observations to make. The regulation height of a basketball hoop is 10 feet whether you are playing high school, college or pro ball. With a cursory observation, most of the players seem to be over 6 feet tall and some even 7 feet tall.
When my daughter was in second grade, she won the honor of representing all the second graders at her school at the “All-City Hoop Shoot” sponsored by the Lions Club. She made two baskets out of 25 from the free throw line. She was about 3 feet tall.
It seems rather ironic that so much ado about nothing occurs when a
6-to-7-foot player makes a basket. It is really ridiculous when they hang on the basket.
I suggest raising the basket for college and pro ball about four feet higher to put the “sport” back into the sport of basketball. I realize probably no one will agree with me, but my view will give people something to think about.
Patricia Fordney
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