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Indy- to clarify, the context of my caveat on no contact was to say that there must be contact and it must be such that you believe it warrants a foul (factor in advantage, amount of contact, etc.). I can see your point on B over F, and I think that is probably the gray area. I just think that you end up with some real difficulty in this gray area if you have anything other than a no-call or foul on B, but I can see how the arm contact appears to be a foul on F, and maybe it is. No rule or case to address it directly anyway, so it will be up to the beholder who beholdin' the whistle to call it (or not).
Mick - I know that nothing refers to stationary, and in reality, a player is rarely completely stationary unless setting up for a charge. What I am attempting to distinguish is what I believe the intent of the rules on establishing a legal guarding position and to suggest that those rules exist for a specific purpose, that is, to deal with players who are attempting to guard another player, as opposed to players maintaining a relatively fixed position on the court.
If B is in position on the court and out of the blue A comes crashing into B, I find it hard to place B at fault - either it is a no call or A committed a foul. If B is guarding A1 away from ball and A2 flattens B from behind while jumping for an alleyoop pass, it seems that you have to call a foul on A2, but I can find no rule that says so because B has not established a legal guarding position with respect to A2.
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