Tue Nov 09, 2004, 03:38pm
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Quote:
Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
Quote:
Originally posted by coachz_216
If a defender in great position beats an offensive player to the spot and happens to be a few inches onto the line--I would think a good official would just say "I didn't see him on the line...", call the PC foul and head the other way.
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So......
If you're in the Kansas state championship game....down 1 with 10 seconds to go.... and your point guard tries to beat a defender right in front of your bench.... but he runs into the defender when the defender definitely has a foot on the line.....if the official then calls a charge on your player, you're just gonna say "good call,ref" and leave it at that? Even if the official says that he knew that the defender was OOB but he thought it was a charge anyway?
YES--that's exactly what I'm saying. I'm 100% certain that the FED is wrong on this one. (I will also say that I expect the same call if it happens the other way!)
Here's why it's wrong:
An offensive player catches the ball outside the arc, below FT-line extended. He know the rule about being OOB. There are 10 seconds left in the 4th and his team is down 1. He slowly dribbles toward the baseline (possibly with back the the basket, at least turned protecting the ball), the defender, in legal guarding position slides toward the baseline with him--as the offensive player continues towards the baseline, the defensive player's lead foot is going to encounter the OOB line before the offeinsive player. As soon as the offensive player is near enough the boundary that he knows his opponent's foot is OOB, he lowers he shoulder/head and charges toward the basket---
Your going to tell me this is a block???!!!
It's a rule...a crappy rule...contrived by a group of people who have made a terrible mistake.
Use common sense--this is a CHARGE.
Can we get that in writing?
[Edited by Jurassic Referee on Nov 9th, 2004 at 03:29 PM]
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