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Originally Posted by rsl
... his foot inadvertantly contacts the head of B ... kicked an opponent in the head ... the kick ...
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Originally Posted by BillyMac
Team control foul. Also. A wise man, on this Forum, once said, "Accidental isn't always incidental".
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Originally Posted by just another ref
Yeah, but in this case it really is incidental, isn't it? How is the guy on the floor put at a disadvantage?
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The only question in my mind goes back to the orignal post which describes the play as "inadvertant". If I ignore the two references to the contact being a "kick", then this "inadvertant" contact can certainly be ignored as incidental. If the official deemed that there was no intent to harm, or injure, and B simply got up and continued play, then this contact can be ignored.
The two references to this being a "kick" seem to make the case for some type of contact foul being called.
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I know it when I see it" (Justice Potter Stewart, Jacobellis v. Ohio, 1964)