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Originally Posted by CO ump
Care to elaborate?
I'm not seeing any made up rules
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The made up rule seems to be: if the ODB fails to deliberately contact a ball, then the contact is incidental (or accidental).
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Originally Posted by CO ump
I'm definitely giving the benefit of the doubt in this case to the ODB, if he's not taking intentional initative to contact ball, I'm considering it accidental.
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In fact, the ODB is obligated to stay out of the way, and if he negligently fails to do so, then he is liable to be called for interference. Since the burden is on him to stay out of the way, he is not entitled to the benefit of the doubt (although I wouldn't go overboard here either, since the defense has also screwed up).