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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
I just don't understand this reluctance to call an intentional foul. It seems that there are quite a few officials out there who just won't call one.
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This is a very good question and here is your answer. The payload for calling this is too great! It puts the official in the I will determine this game if I make that call, which I don't think is that bad at this point in time in the game. I'm sure there are officials that will say they will call it each and everytime they see it. However, in actual practice, in reality, you see a lot of officials not step up that high.
Remember the reason why they changed the swinging the elbows to just a violation instead of a TF a few years ago. Because none of the officials was calling it because of the heavy payload at the end, technical foul when there was no contact. They downgraded it to a violation and the whole thing stopped, IMO. I mean you don't even see it happen that much in the games anymore.
I think the same thing needs to happen here, but that is jmo. I think intentional fouls should be kept to excessive contact and not minor, I'm trying to stop the clock type of fouls. This puts too much of the onus on the official and if I got a very good game, I'm waiting on the malicious act, not the I'm trying to stop the clock foul. All in all, the payload should be downgraded to just a foul and if the official deems it to be excessive and unnecessary, than it can be upgraded to intentional, 2 shots and the ball back. I am seeing players today hold the jerseys on rebounds, post-up moves, etc. I call it each and everytime I see it, but I don't call it intentional foul. I just call it a hold. Again, I am interpreting the intentional to mean something more on the excessive malicious act.
I have a bigger issue with officials not willing to call the excessive contact an intentional foul on the shooter on the fastbreak. Again, that's just my opinion.