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Old Mon Feb 22, 2010, 04:22pm
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Originally Posted by JRutledge View Post
All I am saying it is already in the rule. And since these are rare, every situation is going to be judged differently just because of the nature of these situations. And if your concern is that a kid will fake, this is why the rule is in place to allow the opponent to continue their movement to the basket. Nothing you have said is bad, but it is already covered and the covering officials will just have to make a decision. There really is no right or wrong here, but your judgment has to take over either way. I might look at a play and decide it is not serious and you may look at a play and decide it is serious. Whoever blows their whistle wins.
+1

As stated, the rule cited gives us direction and it's then a judgment call.

And that's basically how we locally train our members to deal with situations like this.
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