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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
Why do you believe that?
You state that the player had his opponent beaten and a clear path to the basket when the opponent fouled him.
What do you want to do--charge a common foul and award a throw-in?
Doesn't seem fair to the offensive team and permits the defense to take advantage of a rule. This is exactly why the first part of the intentional personal foul rule was written.
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I think it's an unfortunate result of the new rules that a defender may inadvertently benefit. If I think the player did it on purpose to prevent a layup, I'd go with the intentional, but I'd have to be about 99% certain of his intent. I don't think the rules committee wanted us to turn contact that was previously incidental (zero impact on the opponent) into an intentional foul.
I could be wrong, though.