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Old Sat Jan 21, 2017, 03:22am
Camron Rust Camron Rust is offline
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Originally Posted by so cal lurker View Post
I understand the distinction, but the post said that it caused the player not to release -- I have trouble picturing the contact causing the ball not to b released without preventing it from being released within the meaning of the rule.
A player can "cause" an opponent to not release a shot without ever touching the ball (and not fouling either). "Cause" is too ambiguous to know what actually happened.
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