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Originally Posted by ccrroo
This one made me pause. I'm certainly going to have to give this some thought. I'm pretty sure I didn't know that refs also had to rate the strength of the player. That certainly complicates it.
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There's a rule here that we have to consider when reffing, and you may not be aware of. Essentially, it states that
any contact which does not hinder normal offensive or defensive movements is to be ruled "incidental" and not a foul. That's what Rich meant by his comment. Stronger dribblers will simply be able to play through more contact than weaker dribblers.
We don't have to spend any time watching them or gauging their relative strengths, we simply watch the results of the play.