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This very issue was brought up in an NCAA Officiating Bulletin earlier this year; too many calls going against vertical, stationary defenders who merely had shooters' hands/arms flying into them.
I doubt the average fan, and even most coaches, will ever buy into the verticality principle. If they see contact against their player, it must be a foul. Just another misconception we have to manage.
BH had it nailed pretty good....ask yourself "is the defender in a legal guarding position", and "who initiated the contact"...and go from there.
And like I always say....
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HOMER: Just gimme my gun.
CLERK: Hold on, the law requires a five-day waiting period; we've got run a background check...
HOMER: Five days???? But I'm mad NOW!!
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