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rocky
Even if the screener takes the brunt of it, the person initiating the contact will get some slowing down due st4rictly to making contact, assisting them in coming to a stop. The defender sends somebody into the third row, you may have a call. They go to the floor, I am not convinced. You have to see it to call it. But as I read the rule, if a player comes in at full speed, makes hard contact, then comes to a stop in response to the contact, then continues on, no foul. If they slow down due to the contact but keep right on going, you have to call a foul.
I know that some evaluators want contact that results in a crash called, but that is not consistent in my experience watching games. There are lots of no-call crashes. This is one that appears to be allowed for in the rules, more than some of the other crashes that I see passed on!
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