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I agree this wont be that difficult.
I'll be interested to see how the final wording is done but my guess is that it will be more worded like the NBA rule than most anone wants to admit.
When it is on the offensive team why not use the NBA definition " An offensive foul is illegal contact, committed by an offensive player, after the ball is live." and although the NBA doesnt consider the ball live until it leaves the throwers hands ( this is so any fouls prior to release are two shot fouls or away from the play foul in the last two minutes)) the NBA has that covered " A personal foul committed by the offensive team during a throw-in shall be an offensive foul, regardless of whether the ball has been released.
Or are we too stupid to figure out which player is on offense and which player is on defense?
Go figure on when the ball is loose why not just use the NBA's definition- it makes things a whole lot easier as Drake mentioned earlier "A loose ball foul is illegal contact, after the ball is alive, when team control does not exist."
Of course the NBA's definition of team control makes more sense too "A team is in control when a player is holding, dribbling or passing the ball. Team control ends when the defensive team deflects the ball or there is a field goal attempt." They dont need to worry about player and team control.
With these definitions there is a lot less confusion.
NFHS and NCAA sometimes make things more difficult than they ought to be trying to make everything fit into nice neat defintitions, or trying to make definitions fit consistently. That's why is has taken NF how many years to figure out the player catching the ball is possession and a violation just wasnt fair.
Maybe we'll get smart enough not to count the Offensive fouls towards the bonus either... Naw that would be too much to ask.
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