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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
If you expected that answer, why did you post incorrect criteria in the first place then? 
Again, you penalize the act. Whether a player actually intended to commit that act or not is completely irrelevant as to whether you should call BI. There might be some judgment involved as to whether the act that was committed warrants a call or not. You can have inadvertent contact that should be called BI because it actually affected whether a ball went in or not. That is the purpose and intent of the rule imo. You also might have contact that looks deliberate, but it also might have absolutely no effect on the play, so you ignore it. That also is the purpose and intent of the rule imo. |
I posted the Rule and followed with comment as to why I have not called it. I hoped it would bring discussion as you have done.
I appreciate your lengthy explanation above. I believe you to be one of the foremost authorities on this site regarding rules, but I seldom see posts as to what the "intent" of the rule is believed to be. That is one of the best explanations I have seen.