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It's a "T" even if the intentional or flagrant contact is on or by an airborne shooter while the ball is dead?
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I say it is. 4-19-5-c that says: (a technical foul is)
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An intentional oor flagrant contact foul while the ball is dead, except a foul by an airborne shooter
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I don't believe the rules committee intended to exempt flagrant or intentional contact by the AS (or on the AS), but rather meant to exempt contact that is not intentional or flagrant, but happened during a dead ball.
I do, however, agree that the way the rule is written allows differing opinions. And I don't think it will happen very often (I've never seen what I would rule intentional contact by an AS or on an AS), I will call an AS, for example, who forcefully uses his hand to the face of an opponent for no reason as an intentional or flagrant foul if it meets the requirements of those rules otherwise.