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Old Tue Feb 01, 2005, 01:03pm
Smitty Smitty is offline
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Originally posted by blindzebra
Talk to the NF they wrote the rule.

A player who is screened within his/her visual field is expected to avoid contact by going around the screener. In cases outside the visual field, the opponent may make inadvertent contact with the screener and if the opponent is running rapidly, the contact may be severe. Such a case is to be ruled incidental contact PROVIDED THE OPPONENT STOPS OR ATTEMPTS TO STOP ON CONTACT AND MOVES AROUND THE SCREEN.

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OK. I get that. How am I misinterpreting it? I'll bet this kid stopped on contact, or at least eventually stopped. I'll bet he didn't step on top of the screener that fell to the floor to try and finish guarding the dribbler. Sounded like the screen was pretty effective. The poster said there was nothing to indicate any contact after the initial bang. So how could this be a foul? What are you seeing in this play that could make it, as described, a foul?
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