[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by eroe39

Jurassic Ref, I will use my option to give a general answer. I can't tell you that I would call a foul simply because the player goes to the floor. I think these plays need to be called on a play by play basis, not with some all encompassing statement. If a player is on a fast break and some secondary defender comes over and blocks the shot and the offensive player is totally under control and gets knocked to the floor I would probably have a foul.

Eli.please let me give you 2 direct quotes by yourself from earlier in thus thread.Note that they both relate to Crew's original post about a shooter being knocked to the ground.
1)"in my opinion once the defender blocks the shot,secondary defender or not,contact after the shot should not be considered a foul unless extremely violent".
2)"
actually,I would not have a foul on this play even in a junior high game".
[/B][/QUOTEEli,you responded to Crew's original post by saying you would NEVER call a foul on a shooter who get's knocked to the floor,UNLESS there was extremely violent contact involved.NO other exceptions were mentioned by YOU!That's pretty definitive to me.Now you are saying that you MIGHT call a foul on a player who gets knocked to the floor,even though the contact is NOT extremely violent(see above,again).That was in response to a direct question I asked that specifically did NOT relate to extremely violent contact being included.Which answer do I believe?If your answers,as quoted above,aren't conflicting,I don't know what is!That's my point!I just can't believe that any official,no matter what level they are doing,would NEVER call a foul on an airborne shooter who is contacted by a defender and knocked down(violence not being a factor).That's EXACTLY what you and Crew stated.Well,good luck to both of you on that one.Nothing personal,but IMO you are both wrong.