ORLANDO, Fla. (CBS SPORTS) - The NBA's competition committee voted Friday to make the transition rule allowing teams to dress and play 13 players permanent, and to shorten and streamline the waiver period, said Stu Jackson, the league's executive vice president of basketball operations.

The roster rule was approved unanimously by the committee consisting of league and team executives, and will be recommended to the Board of Governors for formal adoption pending approval by the players' union. The waiver period, currently 48 business hours during the season and seven days from the end of the season until August 15, would be changed to 48 hours year-round, including weekends.

The roster rule initially was employed with the intention of allowing teams to dress 13 players but only play 12. It was subsequently decided that all 13 who dressed would be able to play. The committee voted Friday to recommend making the rule permanent. "It just makes more sense for our teams," Jackson said.

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