Wed Nov 20, 2013, 11:42am
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BryanV21
The defender seems to slow down in order to draw the push. [I]If the defender was moving backward and laterally correctly,[/I] the offensive player wouldn't have hit him hard enough to knock him over.
Like I originally said, the offensive player doesn't lower his shoulder, extend his arms, or lean forward into the defender.
So I'm not sure who to blame for the contact, thus making me okay with the non-call.
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This may be difficult to codify . . . 
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