[外電] WNBA Announces Rule Changes for 2007 Season
from NBA.com
-- Backcourt and Timeout Rules Improved --
-- Playoff Rosters Expanded --
The Women’s National Basketball Association has approved several rule
changes for the 2007 season. The changes include reducing the 10-second
backcourt rule to eight seconds, permitting head coaches (in addition to
players) to call timeouts and designating 11 active and up to two inactive
players on playoff rosters. The modifications, which were recommended by the
WNBA Competition Committee, were approved by the WNBA Board of Governors
earlier today.
“The backcourt rule change coincides with some positive modifications we
made to our game last season,” said WNBA Chief of Basketball Operations and
Player Relations Renee Brown. “The adjustment to an eight-second backcourt
rule continues the trend of speeding up the game and increasing the number of
possessions. This leads to higher scoring games, which we saw last year when
we implemented the 24-second shot clock and the four-quarter format. Teams
across the league posted scoring increases, and fans enjoyed the up-tempo
style of the game.”
The highlights of the rule change for 2007 are as follows:
- The backcourt rule will require offensive teams to bring the ball across
the midcourt line within eight seconds rather than 10 seconds.
- The timeout rule will require officials to grant requests for a timeout
(full or twenty-second) by a player in the game or the head coach.
Previously, only players in the game were allowed to call timeouts.
- Teams will now designate 11 active players and up to two inactive players
on playoff rosters, with the ability to activate any inactive players on a
game-by-game basis. This is the same process as is employed during the
regular season.
- Two free throw attempts and possession of the ball shall be awarded on the
sideline nearest the spot where play was interrupted if an offensive player,
or a teammate, is fouled while having a clear-path-to-the-basket. In previous
seasons, the penalty for clear-path-to-the-basket fouls was one free throw
and possession of the ball.
About the WNBA
The WNBA will tip off the 2007 season on May 19th as the defending champion
Detroit Shock hosts the Sacramento Monarchs in a rematch of last year’s WNBA
Finals. The WNBA All-Star Game will be played at Verizon Center in
Washington, D.C. on July 15 at 3:30 p.m.
In 2006, the WNBA concluded its historic tenth season with an action-packed
WNBA Playoffs. The 2006 WNBA Finals presented by Vonage capped a playoff run
in which the WNBA saw significant increases in attendance and viewership. The
Finals, which aired live on ESPN2, saw the Detroit Shock top the Sacramento
Monarchs in the first WNBA Finals match up ever to go to a fifth and deciding
game.
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