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Originally posted by eroe39
Mark, good point, never heard of Dallas Shirley though. I do agree that this should not be some all encompassing statement with no exceptions. As I stated before if the contact after the block is violent or severe I would have a foul. I'm just saying as a rule of thumb to not call fouls after the ball is initially blocked, of course, there are exceptions though.
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Eli,that was my point.You can have a player try a block from an angle,not from behind,and just catch enough body to throw the shooter off-balance and put him down.I had that happen once and a broken hip resulted from minimal contact.You can also easily undercut a player on a rebound with minimal contact.Other times,you can have a fair amount of contact,without anything really happening that would affect the play or endanger the shooter.Every play is unique and has to be judged on it's own merit.I think that one of the problems is that if you pass on a player getting knocked down at one end,you then have to pass on a player getting knocked down at the other end--and keep passing on it.Even though the reasons the shooter went to the floor may be completely different,it's a hard sell to the other team if you now call it.I just don't think that you can make any hard and fast rule,unless you say"if I think it's a foul,it's a foul".