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Originally posted by RookieDude
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"if there is a collision and a body hits the floor, there had better be a whistle."
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Sooooo, if a defender runs into the legal screener and the defender "hits the floor" do we use common sense (and the Rule Book) as our guide or do we go with the above directive?
Or...did I indeed take the above quote out of context and read it wrong as JR stated? (Which hopefully is the case)
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Dude, they've been talking about the screener being knocked down. And "hopefully" doesn't help because the head guy is still wrong. He wants the foul to be automatically called on the defender if the screener gets knocked down. Unfortunately, the rule book does not support that stance. Rule 4-27-4--INCIDENTAL CONTACT-
"In cases of screens OUTSIDE the visual field, the opponent may make inadvertant contact with the screener, and such contact is to be ruled INCIDENTAL CONTACT, provided the screener is not displaced IF HE/SHE HAS THE BALL". Note that it doesn't mention displacing a player WITHOUT the ball as being an automatic foul. The call is supposed to be an official's judgement as to whether a foul is actually warranted.