The "Infamous " Shot Clock

[MorningsidePrep]

I was told that DIAA does not want to add a shot clock due to its financial cost. However i spoke with the man who installed all the shot clocks in the WCAC. He told me specifically it would cost
5,000 per school and maybe 100K to hire staff to run the clock at games.


What do you guys think? Hurt or Advance DE Basketball????

 

[dnell]

I was told that DIAA does not want to add a shot clock due to its financial cost. However i spoke with the man who installed all the shot clocks in the WCAC. He told me specifically it would cost
5,000 per school and maybe 100K to hire staff to run the clock at games.


What do you guys think? Hurt or Advance DE Basketball????

It would absolutely help the game here in Delaware. It would also help the coaching

 

[MorningsidePrep]

I agree with @dnell coaches would have to go to clinics. Come up with end game situations thay dont require holding the ball.

 

[hoopsdownstate]

I agree with @dnell coaches would have to go to clinics. Come up with end game situations thay dont require holding the ball.

Thats the big reason why Delware so far behind.. Need shot clock bad... Some of the scores be in the 30s and 40s.. Thats sad... Got to speed the gamę up.. Then refs would be alot better.. That słów me down basketball and pass 8 times.. Refs can see every little thing because Its so słów.. Speed it up they wont call the ticky tack fouls.because gamę at a faster pace..

 

[8yaz]

I think it might be a waste of money. I attend lots of high school basketball games, and I rarely ever see a team not put up a shot before a shot clock would come into play. Even teams with large leads shoot before 30 seconds. Let's face it and correct me if I'm wrong, but it's only St Marks that's the problem right? Why change just for one team? They are pretty much irrelevant, no one goes to watch their games anyway.

 

[DoItWrite]

Only 8 states allow for shot clocks, which doesn't mean they have to use them. They are also not allowed to be on the rules committee of the National Federation of State High School Athletic Associations because they are not following the national policy. So why is it that Delaware is so far behind? Shot clocks? By the way, among the states that use the clock are the basketball hotbeds of Rhode Island, North Dakota and South Dakota.

That doesn't mean there aren't nights when I would love to see teams forced to actually play offense. But in most cases, the clock would not make a difference.

As far as the cost, who is going to pick up the tab? Brandywine High School can't even put decent lights in its gym. Voters in Christina voted down tax increases for 20+ years. Are there enough corporate sponsors to cover 50 high schools?

 

[dnell]

I think it might be a waste of money. I attend lots of high school basketball games, and I rarely ever see a team not put up a shot before a shot clock would come into play. Even teams with large leads shoot before 30 seconds. Let's face it and correct me if I'm wrong, but it's only St Marks that's the problem right? Why change just for one team? They are pretty much irrelevant, no one goes to watch their games anyway.[/QUOTE
Its bigger than ST Marks we are the second smallest state in the country and we are still in the stone age. We can't even get Delaware or Del State to actually wanna recruit our kids because they aren't being properly taught the game and playing at a high level. A shot clock would make kids have to learn to make decisions faster and for coaches to actually coach!!!

 

[8yaz]

I didn't think about the aspect of having the clock would better prepare the kids for the next level. I guess that's a good point, but again, I rarely see a shot go up after a possession of 20-25 seconds.

 

[GateKeeperRefugee]

Only 8 states allow for shot clocks, which doesn't mean they have to use them. They are also not allowed to be on the rules committee of the National Federation of State High School Athletic Associations because they are not following the national policy. So why is it that Delaware is so far behind? Shot clocks? By the way, among the states that use the clock are the basketball hotbeds of Rhode Island, North Dakota and South Dakota.

That doesn't mean there aren't nights when I would love to see teams forced to actually play offense. But in most cases, the clock would not make a difference.

As far as the cost, who is going to pick up the tab? Brandywine High School can't even put decent lights in its gym. Voters in Christina voted down tax increases for 20+ years. Are there enough corporate sponsors to cover 50 high schools?

Short answer to that last question is no. We wonder why Delaware kids often never pan out as athletes outside of the state in spite having the potential, but when you look at the facilities, it's not really hard to see why. Turf is literally an expectation at schools in PA/MD but Brandywine couldn't shell out a few extra hundred thousand so their schools could have it. The gym situation for basketball is just as dire - some schools still have hard, non-wood floors, the baskets have seen better days and the bleachers should be put out to pasture.

It's basic economics in sports - you have to spend to succeed and when you don't...this is what you get.