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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
No, but they did except hand-checking from the purview of that rule.
Perhaps if you bothered to actually read the POE you would understand that.
"Hand-checking is not incidental contact"
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You are right, hand-checking is not incidental contact and I never said it was. And a foul does not involve just touching either (according to the rules, actually in the rules portion that deals with this issue). Also hand-checking is also not described as simple touching either. Actually the NCAA describes Hand-Checking as
“Impeding the Progress of a Player” in that Appendix that JR is so proud to post.
And it says in both codes, I repeat: "Contact that does not hinder the opponent from participating in normal defensive and offensive movements, shall be considered incidental."
So you cannot have hand-checking until someone has been affected in their movement. That sounds pretty clear if you ask me.
We can play this game all night long. The bottom line is the POE is not something that stands alone. It never does. They make POEs to highlight aspects of a rule that is not being applied. POEs are not rules changes or applied without any consideration of any other rules or description of the rules. You do not throw out the other aspects of the rule just because the POE says one thing. The NF and the NCAA want to highlight contact on the dribbler and wants more calls for that behavior. They are not changing basic rules applications, they are highlighting them. That is why they call them
“Points of Emphasis.” There is a bigger picture here and it is not all about the POE only. It never is and it never will be.
Peace