[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

1) What's that got to do with anything? That situation has got absolutely nothing to do with what we've been discussing. It's a completely different scenario.

It's not completely different. I've simply added a shooter, instead of a dribbler.

And besides that, if a defender with LGP jumped vertically blah, blah, blah. . .

Now you've changed the scenario. Nobody has been talking about a player who has jumped vertically. We've been discussing a player who has flopped backwards onto the floor.

2) Disagree completely. In real life, any official that knows the rules and knows enough to referee the defense will get that play right every time. And the right call sureashell ain't a block on the situation that we've been discussing.

I guess I apologize for changing the scenario slightly. But let me reiterate what I'm talking about, just so we're clear on what I'm actually saying is a block 90% of the time.

A1 dribbles toward the basket. A1 and B1 make slight or no contact. B1 falls backwards of his/her own volition. A1 becomes airborne to attempt a try. On returning to the floor, A1 trips over B1 who is now lying on the floor.

90% of the time, B1 has taken a defensive position (if you can call it that) under A1 after A1 has become airborne. This is not a legal position. If contact ensues that prevents A1 from landing normally, this is going to be a block.

Or are you saying that it really is a block under NFHS rules if a defender falls on the court and an offensive (non-airborne) player then trips over that defender?

You know that's not what I'm saying Although, it could be a block if the defender takes that position on the floor without giving an offensive player without the ball time and distance to change direction.