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Originally Posted by BillyMac
Please keep in mind that the ball was dead because of the common foul, not because I blew my whistle. What about the general rule that fouls during dead balls should be ignored unless they're flagrant, or intentional. No one in the gym had a problem understanding that a player's jersey being grabbed, when he is about to beat his man to the basket, especially during the last few minutes of a game, in which one team is trying to foul, was a simple intentional foul. So, if no one had a problem with this being called an intentional foul, how, according to the rules, can it be ignored?
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The player in this situation was not about to beat his man anywhere. That's why you don't make this call. I don't think the intent of the note in 4-19-1 was to make a call in this situation. Part of the definition of intentional foul includes the phrase "not based
solely on the severity of the act." This says to me that the severity of the act is a factor. If the defender simply grabs the jersey, then immediately releases, forget it. Look at it this way. At any point in the game after a foul is called the defender may grab his opponent, to hold him up, to pat him on the back, or whatever. The grab, while intentionally done, in and of itself, need not be a foul.