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Originally Posted by gslefeb
Isn't this allowing the defender 6 fouls before they foul out. Also, this allows the defender to play more aggressive and thus changing the game? What happens the next time the same situation occurs? What happens if the 3pt shooter decided not to shoot?
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It is not a foul until there is an advantage. Read the rules on Incidental Contact (Rule 4-27) which says clearly you must put a player at some level of disadvantage in order to have a foul. Now that is completely the judgment of the official making the call, but a 3 point shooter that decides not to shoot might not get a shooting foul. Maybe they get a common foul. But I have not seen a shooter that does not try to shoot so they get shots they intended.
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Originally Posted by gslefeb
A no call - when there is a foul - may have an immediate advantage for the offense but in the long run it can be a disadvantage as basketball has penalties for accumulating fouls.
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You cannot have a foul unless there is an advantage. So a no call might be the proper call because no advantage was gained by the contact. It is not about passing on an obvious foul. It is determining that the contact was not a foul which we do all the time.
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Originally Posted by gslefeb
Where does one draw the line? At what point is the offensive advantage "good enough" that you don't blow the whistle?
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This is where your experience and ability comes into play. I think most officials either have it or they do not when it comes to judgment. The line is drawn by what you see. But I must clearly state that the rules do not consider all contact a foul and if that was not the case we would have many more fouls. This is why we get paid the big bucks; you have to make tough judgments some times. Not all contact is difficult to call, but the better the players the slower you need to have your whistle. It is really hard to say on this forum because we cannot easily show you what a foul is or is not based on our judgment.
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