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Originally posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
I am not being little officious. An even better example of terminology that just drives me up the wall is when I hear an official say that the foul was "on the floor." Just what the heck does that mean. Either the foul was against a player in the act of shooting or it wasn't. There is no such thing as an "on the floor" foul.
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When I say something is on the floor, I mean that the penalty will be taken on the floor, in other words, it's a throw in. So that's "what the heck" that means.
I don't understand your objection to calling a foul "offensive". As Dan says, it's an adjective, just like saying a foul is "defensive". This is not "making things up" that aren't in the book. It's using English words to describe a situation. Why is that a problem?