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Old Sun Oct 21, 2012, 04:52pm
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Originally Posted by BadNewsRef View Post
In fact the defender's hand made no downward motion until the ball came loose. Her hand initially moved up with the ball and then when the ball came loose is the first time her hand moved downward.
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Originally Posted by Camron Rust View Post
The ball continued up afterwards, not much, but up while the shooters arm stayed down as a result of behind held down. That is a very reliable symptom of the contact being on the arm instead of the ball. Plus, the defender isn't permitted to contact the arm to get to the ball, that point is indisputable. They can make contact with a hand that is one the ball, but not the arm.
With such a difference of opinion, it's too bad that we don't have video to watch to see who is correct.
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