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Originally posted by rainmaker
Why not call this foul an intentional based on the "excessive contact clause?" It avoids the explanations of why a T and avoids the judgment whether the ball is live or not. And the ball comes back in right where it would have been anyway.
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It must be late as your logic is a little goofy because:
#1 This foul is being called intentional because of the excessive contact whether you call it a personal or a technical. If it wasn't you wouldn't be calling it at all if you judge the ball to be dead, since contact which is not intentional or flagrant is ignored during a dead ball. And if you say that it is an intentional personal foul, then you are not avoiding the judgment on the status of the ball (live/dead) at all, you are clearly saying it was live, since personal fouls can only occur during a live ball.
If you mean why not just call it an intentional personal instead of a technical, consider these reasons:
#2 The live ball/dead ball question is of paramount importance here because it makes a difference in who is allowed to shoot the free throws. Judging that the ball is dead makes the foul a tech and permits anyone from the offended team to shoot the two free throws, while the player who was fouled must be the free thrower on an intentional personal.
Just imagine Shaq being the player who was fouled on this play!
#3 The hothead who did this foolish act is now only one more T from being out of the game, if you step up and correctly assess the dead ball tech. If you only call it an intentional personal, then he is allowed to do the same thing FOUR MORE times. Do you really want that? At the very least your ruling would allow the kid to commit an unsporting act later in the game without being disqualified.
#4 Lastly, in NFHS games, the throw-in following the technical would be at the division line, as opposed to the closest spot for the intentional personal. Depending upon how much time is left in the quarter (half if you are in MA) that could be important. Or if the offending team runs a tough full court press, the division line throw-in would negate that.