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Old Tue Jun 08, 2010, 07:31am
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Originally Posted by bainsey View Post
Very well. Here's simple...

Screening = legal. (NFHS 4-40-1)
Illegal ≠ legal. (Well known antonyms)
Therefore, an illegal screen doesn't exist.

I'm completely with you regarding the "cutter, picker, roller" argument, as those words tend to cloud what could be a simpler analysis. I'm talking solely about a term that many people accept, but probably never considered is non-existent.
Sorry, your logic is flawed. Screens are legal until they're illegal. Just as contact is legal until it's illegal, and dribbling is legal until it's illegal, and guarding is legal until it's illegal.

The fact that the rules define the term 'screen' does not imply that all screening is legal, but that SOME screening is legal.
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