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Originally Posted by Tio
All very good points from the panel.
I think we are digressing from the key point here. In my opinion the key point is this = we need to recognize when a team is trying to "take a foul." When this happens, we need to call the first foul. From the OP comments, it sounds like a foul had definitely been committed.
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I don't care if they're trying to "take" a foul. If they actually commit a foul, I'll call it.
The OP does not sound like a foul to me. What normal offensive and defensive movements were hindered? The offense played through incidental contact, and if you call this a foul, you're penalizing the offense.
For the record, you should always call the first foul; that's a truism. The first contact, however, is not always the first foul.
I'll reiterate; the way I read the OP, if you call that foul you really need to call it intentional.