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Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
1) If the defender cannot make the block without making contact (whether the contact is before or after the block) with the shooter, the defender has commited a foul. PERIOD!
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I completely disagree with that statement. For one basketball is always going to have contact. This would be like expecting there to be no contact on a screen and most of the time legal or illegal screens have some kind of contact. You do not call a foul on the screener just because there is contact. You make a call when illegal contact occurs. The same is on a block. And I have hardly ever seen many blocks where no contact takes place. And I will never call the game that way unless the rule changes drastically.
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Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
2) The foul tip signal should NEVER be used by a basketball official unless he is the plate umpire in a baseball game or a softball game.
MTD, Sr.
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I disagree with this as well. It should not be used on every play, but to day it should not be used is not completely correct. Maybe that is how things are done where you live, but I would not use the word ‘never.’
Peace