[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by egj13

What exactly is a "hard elbow"...I picture a defender up on him, he gets irritated and tries to clear space so he throws an elbow into the chest of the defender...this close?

If so, I would call a PC and go the other way...no reason to get too wrapped up in intent.

Now I could see going with something more stringent if there were words spoken, a stare down, etc. to support the measurement of "intent" but if not, just get a PC, clean up the play and move on with the game.

The player involved did not have the ball so it can't be PC.