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Originally Posted by BillyMac
From a NFHS high school perspective, a rule like this is worded too simply could be in conflict with existing airborne shooter rules.
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Not if you are doing something unnatural. The rules at the NCAA Men's level are exactly the same as the rules at the NF level. the NCAA simply addresses trends in the game directly.
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Originally Posted by BillyMac
If a jump shooter (with some forward momentum) had an open place to land as he goes airborne, he must be able to actually land with no contact by the defender. Defender can't move in late to take away a landing spot, and if so, the responsibility for contact is on the defender.
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The issue is not if they jump forward, the issue is that the defender is going to miss them and the shooter purposely kicks out their leg to make sure they cause contact or even trips the defender that would never had contacted them normally. Just like we do not have rules specifically about a dribbler using their arm to push off or shield a defender, but if there is contact and displacement we consider rightfully so a foul on the ball handler.
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Originally Posted by BillyMac
However, if the defender was in the landing spot before the jump shooter (with some forward momentum) goes airborne, the responsibility for contact is on the shooter, with advantage/disadvantage applying.
Faking knocks the complexity of the play up a notch, but airborne rules, and advantage/disadvantage, still apply.
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And part of the issue is the faking part. The NCAA addressed this with rules to result in a warning or a straight T (with the rules change) but the NF never has addressed when or how we consider a T for flopping or faking being fouled. So we mostly just call nothing.
Peace