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Originally posted by Bart Tyson
Mark, the more PC fouls you call under the basket encourages less def. movement, more players trying the draw PC foul and makes for an ugly game. I am not saying not call a PC on a nobrainer. However, if its close i perfer the block. The block does discourage standing under the basket.
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A player control foul is a no brainer. The defender can stand any play he darn well pleases. If A1 has control of the ball and: (a) B1 obtained (NFHS)/established (NCAA Men's; do not get me started on Barb Jacob's NBA/WNBA's nonsense for the women) a legal guarding a position before A1 became an airborne player, then it is A1's responsibility to go airborne in a manner that will allow him to return to the floor without making illegal contact with B1; or (b) B1 secured a position on the court in accordance to the rules regarding time and distance for setting a screen against a moving player before A1 became an airborne player, then it is A1's responsibility to go airborne in a manner that will allow him to return to the floor without making illegal contact with B1.
B1 cannot be guilty of a blocking foul in either (a) or (b). It does not matter where on the court B1 is standing; he has fulfilled all of the requirments that the rules require of him and it is WRONG to charge him with a blocking foul instead of charging A1 charging foul, just because of B1's position on the court.
The reason that more players trying to draws charging fouls make for an ugly game is utter nonsense. And incorrectly calling a blocking foul on B1 instead of correctly calling a charging foul on A1 because you do not want defensive player from standing under the basket, is unethical. When B1 sets a screen in a position on the court that requires A1 to pull up and shoot a lower percentage jump shot instead of leaping forward, without impunity, to shoot a higher percentage layup is smart defense.
The real problem in the game now is that too many blocks are being called when the correct call is charging. Player control fouls do not make for an ugly game, allowing offensive players charge into defensive players who have legal position on the court without impunity is what makes for an ugly game.