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Old Wed Mar 18, 2015, 03:40pm
Camron Rust Camron Rust is offline
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Originally Posted by SamIAm View Post
A bit of help please. At what point in this clip does the offensive player's action become illegal. The worst action I see is A2 stopping.
If A2 were moving the same path and direction as the opponent (opponent following), then A2 can't be guilty of a foul. However, if A2's path was anything else, then A2 would have to get into the path and stop while giving enough time and distance for the opponent to avoid contact.

That said, I don't think A2 just stopped. I think that A2, after stopping, leaned his shoulder into the opponent as the opponent was passing by...creating the foul.
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