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Old Wed Apr 29, 2009, 03:34pm
Raymond Raymond is offline
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Originally Posted by btaylor64 View Post
That would be correct. We are not taught to referee intent, but just judge on whether contact is unnecessary and/or excessive in regards to Flagrant Fouls.
That philosophy is why I've sympathized Shaq from time-to-time. Opponents beat the sh!t out of him all the time when he was in his prime but when he got tired of it and put a hard foul on someone else it became a federal case.
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