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Old Fri Aug 26, 2011, 12:09pm
Camron Rust Camron Rust is offline
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I hear you, I guess what I'm saying is whether a player intended to foul someone or not isnt what we judge on. I think its more of the act itself & the result.
No...we actually do have to make that decision. A lot of people may say otherwise, but there is no way to apply the rule if you don't.

You can't decide if the play was designed to stop the clock if you don't consider intent.
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Team A has the ball OOB for a throw-in, before the pass is released B1 stumbles & knocks down A1. The official blows the whistle, what type of foul is this?
I'm not calling it intentional...because it wasn't.

If this is in the closing seconds of a close game with B behind by 1 and you don't call this as intentional, you've just considered intent even if you don't use the word intent.
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