The errors Baer had made as a result of her misunderstanding of Naismith's rules package became ratified into the rules for women’s basketball in 1899 and proliferated which also resulted in the creation of a new and separate sport called "Netball", still played today primarily in Commonwealth nations.
Baer's errors stemming from her misunderstanding of Naismith's rules led to changes in the rules for women's basketball in 1899, which then spread and resulted in the creation of a new sport called "Netball," still popular in Commonwealth nations today.