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Old Wed Apr 25, 2012, 11:23am
Camron Rust Camron Rust is offline
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You would agree that fake here, means the try never took place, correct?
Sure.
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Following that same thought process, in order for a player to fake getting fouled in block/charge situations the defender would have to flop or lay down without ANY CONTACT.
No. The fake means they try to make you think they were fouled when the FOUL never occurred. The rule doesn't say it is illegal to fake contact, but a foul.

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If there is contact & the player embellishes that is not a fake, it's an exaggeration of contact that actually did occur.
They're not faking contact, they're faking a foul....not he same.
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