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Originally Posted by icallfouls
Maybe I missed a previous discussion, but has anyone seen this yet?
"The Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved a proposal Wednesday that calls for officials to assess either an intentional or flagrant foul on a player who swings an elbow and makes more than incidental contact with an opponent above the shoulders in men’s and women’s basketball for the 2010-11 season."
A 6' PG who swings an elbow at 6'9" PF is not likely to make contact shoulders and above, while the same cannot be said for the opposite.
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Previous discussion was:
Excessive swinging of elbows
The parameters of what constitutes "more than incidental contact" need to be cleared up, which I'm sure they will be.