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Originally Posted by BillyMac;870496
It is important to know the intent and purpose of a[B
rule [/B]so that it may be intelligently applied in each play situation. A player of a team should not be permitted an advantage which is not intended by a rule. Neither should play be permitted to develop which may lead to placing a player at a disadvantage not intended by a rule.
Rules include both fouls, and violations. The "Intent and Purpose" preamble to the rulebook refers to rules, it doesn't solely refer to fouls.
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You are twisting two separate things together. (again)
Advantage/Disadvantage is written into the definition of a personal foul, though it does not use those exact terms.
"contact which hinders a player....."
No such language is used in
any violation definition. There are different interpretations of how strictly to enforce violations, perhaps most notably 3 second violations, (and NCAA traveling) but these interpretations have no support in the strict reading of the written rule.