National Basketball Committee

American sports organization

Also known as: Joint Rules Committee, NBC

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The National Basketball Committee (NBC) was established in 1915 as the Joint Rules Committee, a collaboration between colleges, the YMCA, and the Amateur Athletic Union. In 1936, it was renamed the National Basketball Committee of the United States and Canada. For decades, it served as the primary amateur rule-making body for basketball. In 1979, colleges formed their own rules committee, and the National Federation of State High School Associations took on rule-making for high schools, leading to the NBC's diminished role.12

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This group was renamed the National Basketball Committee (NBC) of the United States and Canada in 1936 and until 1979 served as the game’s sole amateur rule-making body. In that year, however, the colleges broke away to form their own rules committee, and during the same year the National Federation…
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This group was renamed the National Basketball Committee (NBC) of the United States and Canada in 1936 and until 1979 served as the game’s sole amateur rule-making body. In that year, however, the colleges broke away to form their own rules committee, and during the same year the National Federation…
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