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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
"4) Guidelines to enforce illegal contact. Escalating fight situations can often be traced back to illegal contact not being properly enforced and penalized. Examples of illegal contact are:
Contact between players in free throw lane spaces prior to the ball contacting the ring a. It is illegal to physically contact an opponent prior to the ball legally contacting the ring."
This appeared in the final two sentences of this season's POEs.
However, there is absolutely no justification for it in the rules book.
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Like all fouls, it is more than just contact that makes it a foul. I doubt they really meant a foul should be called if the two players brush elbows.