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Originally Posted by eg-italy
Now let's concentrate on the dubious case: the foul by B1 doesn't change in a sensible way A1's path and doesn't put A1 off balance.
1) I say that we should think before calling B1's foul and the charge by A1. I would be much more inclined to call only the charge and wave off the basket.
2) I'm not saying we should ignore B1's contact in every situation like this, nor I'm saying to ignore contact on a shooter who is able to score anyway. I'm saying we must be careful and call the foul (and I admit that at the end, in very special situations, it can be "the fouls").
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1) So.....if B1 hit the shooter across the wrists on the way up, and knocked the ball loose, you'd be inclined to completely ignore that? Remember, the basket didn't go in
because of the foul.
2) And neither was Juggling Referee saying to ignore the contact either. He said
verbatim--"If A1 is pushed into B1,
DON'T call the foul, but if there's a hack on the arm while A1 is going up and A1 charges right into B1, you should call it." Didn't you just basically kind of agree with him on both
different situations?
That was my point. You've got two completely different situations being discussed here. One situation where the defensive foul pushes or directs the shooter into another defender, and another situation where the defensive foul doesn't alter the path of the airborne shooter at all before the shooter wipes out a different defender. The defensive foul in the second situation may cause the shot to miss though, or it might even stop the shot from getting off. Juggling Referee stated that they should be called different ways.