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Old Thu Dec 23, 2010, 01:15pm
Camron Rust Camron Rust is offline
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Originally Posted by ref3808 View Post
Go to a jump ball.

If I'm a defensive player and I've legally created a jump ball situation why do I get penalized for making a smart play based on an arrow?

If I'm an offensive player and I've not protected the ball sufficently than I deserve whatever result comes from the jump.

I think that player has earned the right to contest for the ball as part of competing.

I know some of us are concerned about throwing a good jump ball in a close contest, but I think that skill would improve as more jumps are administered.
If the defensive player had done a good enough job, they would have taken the ball from the offense. They didn't, so they don't deserve anything.

And, by the same reasoning, the offense didn't do a perfect job either.
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