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Originally Posted by SmokeEater
If the catch and contact were simultaneous would you consider it a block then?
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I don't think that you can rule the acts as "simultaneous" in real time. Note the word "think". You have to pick one as occurring first because of the different rules criteria involved. If the player doesn't have the ball, the defender must give time and distance. If the player has the ball, the defender doesn't have to give time and distance. If the catch and contact are truly simultaneous, I really don't how to call it right, as per the rules.
Btw, note that this doesn't apply to situations where the defender has already attained a LGP by giving time and distance. I'm thinking of cases where the defender steps in front of the offensive player at the last second.
Heckuva question, Smokey....
