{"id":29410,"date":"2024-02-01T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/la-plata-county-coaches-weigh-in-on-chsaa-basketball-shot-clock-decision\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T00:55:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T06:55:55","slug":"la-plata-county-coaches-weigh-in-on-chsaa-basketball-shot-clock-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/la-plata-county-coaches-weigh-in-on-chsaa-basketball-shot-clock-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"La Plata County coaches weigh in on CHSAA basketball shot clock decision"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The Colorado High School Activities Association has enacted several new bylaws for the 2023-2024 seasons.<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

On Tuesday night, the Colorado High School Activities Association Legislative Council voted against instituting a shot clock for high school basketball.<\/p>\n

The amendments to institute the 35-second shot clock failed. The first amendment for the shot clock failed with only 28 votes for it and 43 votes against it. The second amendment was for a varsity-only shot clock, and it failed with only 22 votes for it and 47 against it. For any amendment to pass, a two-thirds majority approval is needed.<\/p>\n

On the role call after the electronic vote was tallied, it was apparent most of the bigger schools approved it while the smaller schools opposed it. Smaller schools opposed it because of things like associated maintenance costs.<\/p>\n

It was one of the few items that was voted on that did not pass. Out of 33 items, only five did not pass and two of which had to do with the shot clock.<\/p>\n

The Durango Herald<\/em> spoke with a few La Plata County coaches<\/a> about the decision. Here\u2019s what they said:<\/p>\n

Durango girls basketball coach Lauren Moran<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI am a little bit surprised with the outcome knowing that numerous other states have made a different decision and that they have already adopted the shot clock,\u201d she said. \u201cTo me, it seems like that was the direction that high school basketball was going to be trending.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not disappointed about it. I thought it would have been an interesting challenge if they had introduced it. But, I understand that there\u2019s going to be challenges as far as implementing it both with somebody to run the clock and then also changing the scoreboards and all that stuff. So I totally get their reasoning and I love high school basketball as it is. I\u2019m not going to be upset if it stays the same.\u201d<\/p>\n

Durango boys basketball coach Alan Batiste<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m kind of surprised that they wouldn\u2019t do it, being that this is just where the game is going. Like I said, the game is moving fast already. But at the same time I get it, it\u2019s always hard to try something new because you don\u2019t know what might happen,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I thought they would for sure do it. But I also understand the dynamics of schools in Colorado, especially the rural area.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven on the western slope, there\u2019s a lot of schools that aren\u2019t going to have the budget to be able to do that. I don\u2019t know how they were going to run the clock.\u201d<\/p>\n

Batiste suggested trying out the shot clock at the Class 6A level because those schools would be able to fund it and the 6A schools predominantly comes from around the Denver area.<\/p>\n

Bayfield boys basketball coach <\/strong><\/p>\n

Damon White Thunder<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m pretty surprised about it,\u201d he said. \u201cBut there\u2019s a lot of smaller schools in the state. So I think that\u2019s kind of why it kind of happened. It kind of would be a big change for them. It wouldn\u2019t really matter to us.\u201d<\/p>\n

White Thunder said he wasn\u2019t surprised that the associated cost would be an issue for the small schools.<\/p>\n

The shot clock issue is expected to be voted on again at the CHSAA\u2019s next Legislative Council meeting in April.<\/p>\n

bkelly@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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