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Originally Posted by Camron Rust
I just don't get how anyone thinks that blocking an offensive player's path to where they want to shoot the ball is a cheap foul. That, to me, is the fundamental meaning of defense. If the offense chooses to continue through that spot anyway, they should be held responsible.
Of course, the NCAA (and NBA) redefined a basic fundamental of the game more to open up scoring under the guise of safety (regardless of what they say) instead of having officials call the rules that were in place which would have equally (perhaps more even more so) affected safety. I call it that way in an NCAA game, but it doesn't mean I have to like it.
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I think we - through the inconsistency - helped created the safety issue. If we as a whole had been putting a whistle on those plays, one way or another, the problem would've stopped itself.
As far as I'm concerned, a kid standing under the goal waiting for contact is no more dangerous to an airborne shooter than a kid standing at one of the blocks on the FT lane. What makes the kid under the goal more "dangerous" is not calling a block (if, indeed, that's what it is).
That being said, I'm happy to say I didn't have any RA calls this past season in my NCAA games. That may change when the RA comes to girls' H.S. ball in New York State next season.