Sponsored by:
Assemblyman SEAN T. KEAN
District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)
SYNOPSIS
Requires New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association to adopt policy on use of instant replay in playoff tournament basketball games.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning interscholastic basketball programs and supplementing chapter 11 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association shall develop and adopt a policy that requires an official video and audio recording of each playoff tournament basketball game conducted by the association for use in the review of game clock decisions. The head coach of each team shall be permitted a maximum of two game clock challenges per game.
2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall first apply to the first full school year following the date of enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) to adopt a policy on the use of instant replay in playoff tournament basketball games.
Under the bill, the NJSIAA is required to develop and adopt a policy that requires an official video and audio recording of each playoff tournament basketball game conducted by the association for use in the review of game clock decisions. The bill permits the head coach of each team to make two game clock challenges per game.