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Originally posted by secondyear
At the end of the game when the team that is behind in points is trying to stop the clock, would you consider a player lowering his shoulder, without a play on the ball, and running into the dribbler an intentional foul? From my angle, I felt it was intentional all the way and received a raised eyebrow from the veteran official I was working with when I called the intentional foul. Without seeing the play, any thoughts from the board?
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If you are talking about a football block without trying in any way to extend a hand toward the ball - absolutely you can call the intentional to protect the dribbler. If you are saying that there was a hand extended like they were playing the ball and it could slightly remotely possibly be a play on the ball but it was unlikely to be successful, I think you have a common foul. You know they had no realistic play, but I wouldn't go fishing for anything more than a common foul unless it is a real attempt to flatten a player or an excessively hard foul.