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Originally Posted by Camron Rust
I don't think I know of anywhere that says such contact must be with the player's body. It just says contact. Is the distinction really any different than a player pushing someone with their butt since it was only their clothes that contacted the opponent and not their body.  |
There is an NFHS ruling which states that a player's clothing and hair are part of the player. This is why holding a shirt is a foul or a ponytail touching OOB is a violation if the player has the ball.
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Originally Posted by Camron Rust
It could also be covered under the rough tactics clause.
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It may warrant a technical foul. Otherwise, I don't agree that it is covered in this part of the rules.
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Originally Posted by Camron Rust
Throwing the ball at an opponents face is an unsportsmanlike foul, live ball or dead ball.
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Exactly my point and the NFHS definition of an unsporting foul is a NON-CONTACT foul. Therefore, the NFHS considers ball to player interaction to be non-contact. Player to player interaction is contact in the NFHS understanding.
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Originally Posted by Camron Rust
Shoving a player out of the way is just that....with the ball or otherwise.
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I respectfully disagree.