A lot going on during this play. (Video)

[jTheUmp]

Originally Posted by Rufus

During camp last year they emphasized that loose balls are not an excuse for a free-for-all and that, if you get the first player piling on, you avoid a lot of grief later.

I don't know... I had a "coach whose been doing this for 20 years" tell me earlier this season that you couldn't foul anyone if the ball was loose.

Gotta admit, that took me off my game for a minute or so because I just couldn't figure out where he could've come up with that one.

Back on topic:
Definitely should've had a foul on the initial shove... I'd lean towards intentional myself.

If you don't call that, I think there could've been a backcourt violation a couple of seconds later, but it's close enough that I'd probably have passed on it. (Also, have fun with explaining to the coach why you called a best-eyes-in-the-game backcourt violation on his team 2 seconds after passing on one of his players getting shoved to the ground).

After that, we're in "sort out how many people are going to be disqualified" territory.