I have no idea if you are addressing me but I will bite.
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Originally Posted by PYRef
How can you call a game based strictly on whether the player gained some advantage?
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Easy, the rules say so. The rules even say contact can be severe and not a foul. If you do not believe me, look up incidental contact in the rulebook and see for yourself.
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Originally Posted by PYRef
How many times to you see a player fouled on the arm on a shot after the release of the ball? These get called all the time. Where is the advantage to the defender? The ball is already in the air. The contact has absolutely nothing to do with the path of the ball and doesn't affect its flight.
Are you saying you never call this type of foul?
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In my opinion you are not using very good logic. A player is supposed to land without being contacted illegally while they are an airborne shooter. If a defender cannot defend a shot legally without making contact with a shooter who is airborne or a player that has reached the floor, then that would be a foul if the contact did not allow the player normal movement. Just because the ball is gone out of the shooter's hand, it does not mean you cannot put a shooter at a disadvantage.
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Originally Posted by PYRef
I think you'd have a lot of PO'd coaches if you went strictly on whether there was an advantage gained and not by the rules as stated.
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I can only speak for me, I do not care what coaches think. If you are worried about how mad a coach gets and you follow the rules, then you have bigger problems than whether you call a foul or not. Once again, this is just my opinion.
Peace