Tue Mar 11, 2003, 07:08pm
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Re: Re: Not necessarily a foul.
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Originally posted by Hawks Coach
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Originally posted by JRutledge
Just because a player got poked into their eye, does not mean it was a foul that caused that.
If you saw the NC/Duke game, I did not think that was a foul. But that is just my opinion.
Peace
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If a player has the ball, a defender is waving arms and accidentally pokes in the eye (and you see the poke in the eye), it is not clear to me why this is not a foul. It is contact, it is illegal,and it results in an unfair advantage for the defense.
To me,the accidental eye poke is like the accidental high stick in hockey - the defender may not have meant to do it, but when it happens, it should be a foul. I know it is not always called that way, but I wish it was.
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HAWKS:
Sitch: A defender has gained legal guarding pos. on your post player who is a good 6 inches taller than the defender who is behind her. Your girl recieves the ball and turns to make a move and leans into the outstretched hand (motionless w/in legal vertical plane) of defender. Would you be happy if I called a PC on your post player or if your player was the defender if I called a block. I think not. Sometimes contact is purely incedental and unfortunately injuries do happen sometimes do to incidental contact. It is not our responsibility to penalize the other team because of this
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