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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
Because if there is contact on that play and the offensive player ends up OOB as a result of it, the violation is probably the correct call. That seems to be contrary to the thinking of most people who have responded so far in this thread. The prevailing thought seems to be that since the contact caused a violation, then it should be a foul on the defender. Looking that the following two passages that doesn't seem to be true.
"A dribbler shall not charge into nor contact an opponent in his/her path nor attempt to dribble between two opponents or between an opponent and a boundary, unless the space is such as to provide a reasonable chance for him or her to go through without contact."
"There must be reasonable space between two defensive players or a defensive player and a boundary line to allow the dribbler to continue in his/her path. If there is less than 3 feet of space, the dribbler has the greater responsibility for the contact."
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Neither of these passages says that a defender gets a free shot at the dribbler who finds himself in these situations.
If the defender illegally contacts the dribbler (includes but not limited to push, shove, bump, move into, tickle, kick or punch) and that contact causes the dribbler to go OOB it is a foul.
Period.