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			The rule is that dead ball contact is to be ignored unless it is deemed intentional or flagrant.  Unless you're going to include "excessive" as a means of determining whether or not it can be deemed intentional, then it sounds like the contact in the OP should have been ignored.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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