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Originally Posted by SamIAm
NCAA Sect. 36 Art. 3 - Contact that does not hinder normal defensive and offensive movement shall be viewed as incidental.
I noticed the specifics of this rule a month or two ago and have not been able to reconcile that with a lot of fouls I have seen called. This goes against a lot of "old fashion" 3-pt. plays, rebounding fouls, some of my previous posts (specifically about a defender fishing around for the ball while "reaching-in" from behind), and other fouls I thought were good calls.
I could go on with the list, but you know what I mean. The wording leaves alot of room for contact to be incidental.
Thoughts - IMOs?
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Welcome to the world of real judgment.
Why call a foul if no one was disadvantaged by the contact?
Why call the foul if calling it will actually reward the player committing the foul by stopping the play?
There is contact on every trip down the floor, the key is seeing the entire play and having a patient whistle