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Old Mon May 11, 2009, 08:20am
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Originally Posted by Dholloway1962 View Post
I know NFHS addressed this last year and made malicious contact by the defense an ejection, same as if committed by the offense.

As far as I know, there is no "defense malicious contact rule" in ASA. But unsportsmanlike conduct can be called and give umpire leeway to deal with appropriately.
Agreed. If I judge that any participant intentionally made malicious contact with another participant, someone's heading to the parking lot.
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