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Its a foul.
Fanboy issues aside the people I talk to who believe its (soft) or not a foul come to this conclusion by conflating the following issues.
1) The defender leaves the floor first and based on the angles provided may or may not be on a path to fly by.
2) THe defender's shooting motion brings his legs forward so it looks like he's kicking them out.
3) The leg that comes farthest and lands in a new spot is the one the tenesse player hits.
Bottom line is to the fans without an angle from behind or other side of floor (Where benches are) there are people who think the only reason contact is occuring is because of the kick of the legs.
For the record its a foul.
And now my old man yellling about my lawn moment. A great example of the risk involved in teaching kids to jump to contest/fly by to try to run shooters off the line instead of teaching closeouts.
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Coach: Hey ref I'll make sure you can get out of here right after the game!
Me: Thanks, but why the big rush.
Coach: Oh I thought you must have a big date . . .we're not the only ones your planning on F$%&ing tonite are we!
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