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Old Wed Jan 21, 2004, 06:44pm
KWH KWH is offline
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Post Since you asked

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Originally posted by cmathews
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...what is the discernable difference between Dead Ball USC and Dead Ball Personal foul penalties and enforcements??
Well Mr. Mathews since you asked;

1a) UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT FOULS
ARE ALWAYS, NON-CONTACT FOULS!

1b) PERSONAL FOULS
ALWAYS (with 1 exception*) INVOLVE SOME TYPE OF CONTACT with an opponent!

*If you take a swing at an opponent and miss, or kick at an opponent and miss. While no contact is made it is considered a personal foul. The player is also disqualified!

2a) If you recieve two personal fouls you may be allowed to continue to participate!

2b) If you recieve two USC's you are by rule disqualified!

I might also suggest reading Rule 9 where all of this is spelled out. While some newer officials seem to think they can decide on their own whether an act is a PF or an USC this is not the case as most of the common acts that occur are listed in Rule 9, but also remember the deciding factor is:
Contact = Personal Foul
Non-contact = Unspotsmanlike
.

I hope this helps...

[Edited by KWH on Jan 21st, 2004 at 06:47 PM]
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