Wed Nov 23, 2005, 12:46pm
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Originally posted by ChuckElias
Quote:
Originally posted by Jimgolf
If the referees called every hand contact as a foul, the players would stop using their hands, and the number of whistles would remain the same. Or the players would foul out, and eventually get the message.
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You're kidding, right? Think about what you just wrote for a second. Every hand contact should be a foul? Guys make hand contact on every single play just by accident, as they run past each other. How about the guy who sets a screen and holds his arms crossed in front of his chest? When the defender bumps into him, the screener's hands will make contact with the defender. Or how about a shooter who jumps slightly forward so that his arms contact the hands of a defender who is in his vertical plane? You want to call a PC on that? Or how about helping an opponent up off the floor in a show of good sportsmanship? That's hand contact. You think that should be a foul? You think that would decrease the number of whistles? Guys sure would foul out, that's for sure. But it would not be good for the game, by any stretch of the imagination.
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Easy Chuck. I think you're taking his statement out of context. I only read it to mean when the defender was attempting to bat/block the ball or extending it to make contact. I don't think he was even advocating calling it.
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