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Rut,
Sure seems like you're penalizing the defender for doing nothing illegal and taking away their rights as a defender. It would be a tough sell for sure, but when there is a case book play that specifically says to call this on the offense and the defensive player has violated no rule, I don't see how you can call this a foul on the defense. At basketball camp last summer, we were told that the offense initiates contact 40% of the time, yet the defense is called for the foul 90% of the time. They asked us to quit protecting the offensive player so much.
Comparing this to a multiple foul is an invalid comparison. A ref may ignore one of the fouls but the right team still gets penalized.
Z
[Edited by zebraman on Mar 30th, 2003 at 10:32 AM]
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