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Old Tue Dec 14, 2004, 05:25pm
canuckrefguy canuckrefguy is offline
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Like any other foul/no-call situation, I think it goes situation-to-situation.

A defender standing under the hoop to me is not an automatic charge - like Tony mentioned, there are multiple factors.

Players often will camp out there for no other reason than to draw contact, with no attempt to defend the goal whatsoever. Still others are "lost" and get caught under the hoop, and contact occurs on a layup/dunk with them basically having no way out. I have no sympathy for these players.

If it is an especially violent collision, where the shooter should have been able to avoid contact, that may be another story.

Like I said, evaluate each situation with the info you have, sometimes a charge may be appropriate, but to say ALL the time, I wouldn't go that far.
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