[QUOTE=Jurassic Referee]
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Originally Posted by truerookie
Rook, you won't get one knowledgeable official on this forum to agree with you. That should tell you something.
A push by itself is not considered "fighting" unless an opponent retaliates to that push by fighting. That's rule 4-18-2. If there was no retaliation, but you felt that the push was flagrant in nature, you penalize it as a flagrant personal or a flagrant technical foul(depending on whether the ball was dead or not) under rule 4-19-4.
You not only have to know the rules definitions; you have to understand them to apply them properly.
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Jurassic Referee, I understand your points. I just don't see at this point why there must be retaliation for it to be considered fighting when it is clear that the pusher shoved the pushee.
As I read it the act itself can still be a cause for ejection in the end. Rather, it falls under 4-18-2 or 4-19-4. The pusher can take an early shower.