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Originally posted by fonzzy07
well said ChuckElias. Are their diffrent levels of flagrents in highschool, and also does the elbow above the neck rule apply to HS and if so could someone explain that for me.
thank you
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No fonzzy. In HS there is just an intentional foul and a flagrant foul. In the NBA there is just flagrant fouls(penalty 1 and penalty 2).
Penalty 1 is unecessary contact against an opponent and a
Penalty 2 is unecessary and excessive contact against an opponent. Unlike Penalty 1(which is almost exactly like an intentional foul in HS) Penalty 2 results in an automatic ejection.
As far as question about elbow fouls, no it is not a type of foul in HS, it is only an NBA type foul. The rule in the NBA for the elbow foul is if it is above the shoulder it is an automatic ejection, if it is at or below the shoulder level it will be left to the discretion of the officials to decide to eject the offender or not.
I didn't get to see the game that the elbow happened in, I just saw the highlight. The hit was right at shoulder level so it was up to the officials to decide whether to eject him or not. I heard that there was a pretty good hit that Kobe had taken earlier in the game and if that was the case I probably would have tossed him, but not knowing the flow and all other variables involved I will not judge the actions of the officials involved.