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Originally Posted by Scrapper1
I see your point here, and I honestly wasn't seeing it before. But I still am not sure I agree. I think taunting is usually non-contact -- wagging a finger, a verbal taunt -- something like that.
So I see your point, I think I disagree simply because the foul occurs precisely because there is contact. If he doesn't land on him, then there is no foul; no taunting, no sitting, whatever. So it seems to me that the contact is the essential part of the play.
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It doesn't have to be a contact foul just because contact occurs.
What if he clearly tried to land on him but missed. Are you saying that there was no taunting and that there should be no foul of any kind?
What if a player tries to punch an opponent and misses? Is that not still a fight?
What if, during a live ball, a player tries to punch an opponent, misses, and then stumbles such that they fall onto the opponents foot? Contact foul or non-contact foul? The contact itself was not adequate for a foul of any kind, but wasn't the behavior that preceded it still a fight and T worthy?