Ok, first of all, I think this is a terrific conversation, regardless of whether or not we ever agree on this topic.
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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
And I'm still waiting for you to explain under what rule the defender can lose that legal position by moving straight backward BEFORE the offensive player went airborne.
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I honestly don't understand why you think this is relevant. I think I've made my point as clearly as I can, and your comment above doesn't have anything to do with my point.
Just in case my point wasn't clear, here it is again.
In order for a defender to have a legal position at the time of contact with an airborne opponent, the defender must have arrived at that position on the floor (where the contact occurs) before the opponent became airborne.
It is completely irrelevant whether he
began moving toward that spot before the opponent became airborne. That issue is a non-starter. I'm not discussing it at all.
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If a defender established LGP in front of a dribbler and was retreating straight back in the path of the dribbler, would you allow the dribbler to speed up, gather the ball and then jump on that retreating defender? Is that a block also, using your same logic?
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A dribbler, no. A dribbler is not an airborne player. If the dribbler gathers the ball, then jumps to attempt a try for goal and the defender continues to move, then if contact occurs, the defender is responsible for it.