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Old Fri Jun 15, 2012, 07:20am
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Here's a clarification on why that wouldn't considered a T IMO. I believe this was a POE from 2004-05 in regards to face guarding:

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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee View Post
The "faceguarding" rule was changed in 2004-05 to include the player with the ball. Before that, it only applied to a player without the ball. So, up until then it was legal to put a hand in the face of a shooter. But when they changed the rule, the FED also told us how to apply the rule on an accompanying POE. And here's part of that direction:

POE 4A: "The committee does not intend good defense to be penalized. Challenging a shooter with a "hand in the face" or fronting a post player with a hand in the air to prevent a post pass are examples of acceptable actions. The rule and point of emphasis is designed to penalize actions that are clearly not related to playing the game of basketball properly and that intentionally restrict vision. Often, that occurs off the ball or as players are moving up the court.".

It is unfortunate that wasn't added to the case play.

Here's the rest of the thread in which face guarding was discussed.

Face guarding
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