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Originally Posted by KCRC
Camron, this is a good summary of what I believe is the majority opinion on this board (and the larger officiating community) interpreting advantage/disadvantage. At the risk of being in the super-minority, I respectfully disagree. I am more for the a "foul is a foul" school of thought. I don't like the technique of waiting to see if the shot goes in to determine if there is a foul. This play falls in a similar vain. I interpret "normal offensive and defensive movements" to mean normal physical movements (e.g. movement, keeping balance, etc.), not the result of what a particular player is able to play through.
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If you don't look at what happens next upon contact, how would you judge if a shot has been affected due to the body contact, if it looked like it could or couldn't have affected the shots? I know some refs determine based on the outcome of the shot, that is why they waited to see how the ball goes.