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Originally Posted by Mike Goodwin
Per Jon Levinson's dialogue with his counterpart at the NFHS office that he shared with us on FB today:
"As promised, this is what I got from "up on high": The NFHS Basketball Rules would not consider incidental contact (even though not in a legal guarding position) as a foul in this scenario. Player B1 is not in a legal guarding position by 4-23-2 standards, but “every player is entitled to a spot on the playing court provided such a player gets there first without illegally contacting an opponent.” (4-23-1) If contact with B1 is avoidable and they do not impede the progress of A1 – incidental contact.
The NFHS rules would only rule contact as a foul if B1 impeded or initiated contact with the offensive player."
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The FED case play had "In dribbling away, A1 contacts B1's leg, loses control of the ball and falls to the floor." -- that seems like more than incidental contact. I'm not sure the clarification from Jon helps (and I'm not blaming Jon for this)