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Originally posted by Stat-Man
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Originally posted by JRutledge
I do not know what by the book means either. The rules say and the POE have said that there has to be some affect on the dribbler. Simply touching is not a foul like many people think.
Peace
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ICBW, but I think there was an interpretation a few years back that said any touching of an opponent with a hand was supposed to be called as a foul.
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I believe you're adding something that wasn't in any of the various POEs on handchecking. The POEs said that putting a hand on the
dribbler was a foul. Putting a hand on an
opponent without the ball
could be a foul if some kind of advantage was gained. If no advantage was gained, it's just incidental contact. That's my understanding of the purpose and intent of this rule.
Rule 10-6-1 sez that contacting an opponent with your hand is legal if that contact is incidental to an attempt to play the ball also.
[Edited by Jurassic Referee on Dec 14th, 2005 at 08:22 PM]