Thu Mar 24, 2005, 10:18am
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[QUOTE] Originally posted by jbduke
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Originally posted by assignmentmaker
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Originally posted by totalnewbie
Here was a bad one, right in front of the assigner. Guy in the post has the ball, defender reaches just as player spins, there is contact. I whistle it on the ground. I should have no called it since the guy would have easily freed himself for a dunk. By calling the foul I actually penalized the offensive player--now they have a throw in instead of a dunk. I knew it the second I called it. The lead assigner came over to me and asked me about that call. I told him what I just said. I said I should have held my whistle. He smiled and agreed and said it was good that I recognized that I should have held it.
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And by not calling it you might well be penalizing the defender.
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You're penalizing the defender? By not calling a foul on this play you're penalizing the defender? You're only penalizing the defender if the defender's intent was to foul and prevent a dunk. If that's the case, then if you're going to call a foul, you should rule it intentional. If you're advocating that this intentional foul be blown, I'll at least give you credit for consistency.
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"Intentional foul" is not synonymous with "did it on purpose".
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