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Old Thu May 18, 2006, 09:00am
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Originally Posted by mick
Wouldn't this "illegal arm" be a double jeopardy problem for the defense, because, in reality, the defense can't touch the illegal arm and the ballhandler is not automatically violating (contrary to definition) ?
I guess you could look at it that way. I've always thought of the "illegal arm" as pushing away the defender's attempt at the ball or as pushing the defender (like a real football "stiff arm").
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