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Originally posted by ref18
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Originally posted by Hartsy
Why should this "incidental contact" be penalized as a foul? Seems to me the rebounder had plenty of time to find her balance and stay in bounds, or pass the ball to someone in better position. Even if she didn't, I'd find it hard to call this a foul. More like she just happened to be in a bad place to get the rebound and stepped out of bounds. But I didn't actually see it, of course.
Calling this a foul gives undue advantage to the rebounding team. (But I'll save advantage/disadvantage for another thread) Maybe had B1 not been so close to the end line, Team A may have gotten the ball back.
Hartsy
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I doubt this would fall under incidental contact. This contact put the rebounder at a severe disadvantage, but if I pass on the foul then wait a few seconds, I'm not calling the foul anymore. I'll just call the violation. It may not be fair, but you shouldn't ignore the violation and the penalties it carries with it.
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Two wrongs don't make a right.
Like I said, our job is not to look good, it's to be fair and to get the call right.
You can't say in one sentence the contact put the rebounder at a severe disadvantage, and then in another, why should you ignore the penalty for the violation.
You are ignoring a foul, rewarding the fouler and penalizing the player that was fouled. How can that be right?