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Originally Posted by AremRed
I don't have fouls in the 3rd and 4th plays. I think the block happens first making the contact afterwards incidental.
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I can see this, and I know when I make this kind of call it is not popular. Athletic blocks are entertaining, and most people only watch the contact on the ball. This is why I am very interested in hearing opinions from everyone here. Perhaps I should change the way I look at these calls.
Here are some of the applicable rules:
4-27-5 If, however, a player approaches an opponent from behind or from a position from which he/she has no reasonable chance to play the ball without
making contact with the opponent, the responsibility is on the player in the unfavorable position.
4-45-6 The defender may not “belly up” or use the lower part of the body or arms to cause contact outside his/her vertical plane which is a foul.
10-6-9 When a dribbler in his/her progress is moving in a straight-line path, he/she may not be crowded out of that path, but if an opponent is able to legally obtain a defensive position in that path, the dribbler must avoid contact by changing direction or ending his/her dribble.