Fun With An Intentional Foul ...
 

Should this contact be ruled intentional? Observe the play as it transitions down the court and make a decision as to whether or not the contact should have been ruled intentional.

https://storage.googleapis.com/refqu...JWjhXjUuBQ.mp4

Three choices: The contact is incidental. The contact is intentional. This should have been ruled a common foul.

My comment: This should have been ruled a common foul. I'm straight-lined viewing, but it looks like a basketball play.

Common.

Not Straight-Lined ...
 

Agree, but I would still like to get a view from where I'm not straight-lined. The new lead got a pretty good look and it appears that he decided that the contact was "just" a common foul. Seemed pretty straight forward to him, and seems pretty straight forward to me, so why do the IAABO International "Gang of Four" co-interpreters want us to think that something "fishy" is going on? Just because the ball handler was a little ahead of the defender? Because White had "fouls to give"?

Just a common foul.

Peace

Common

IAABO Survey Says …
 

Disclaimer: For IAABO eyes only. Below is not a NFHS interpretation, it's only an IAABO International interpretation which obviously doesn't mean a hill of beans to most members of this Forum.

https://storage.googleapis.com/refqu...JWjhXjUuBQ.mp4

IAABO International Play Commentary: Correct Answer: This should have been ruled a common foul.

On a breakaway, Green #23 is dribbling the ball into the frontcourt as he is fouled by White #12. On plays such as this, intentional fouls should be charged when contact is not a legitimate attempt to play the ball/player or when it is considered excessive contact. (4-19-3)

In this case, the defender did make a legitimate attempt to play the ball/player, and the contact was not excessive. This is a common foul and is ruled properly by the officials. This is a proper way to foul “deliberately” without being charged with an intentional foul.

Here is the breakdown of the IAABO members that commented on the video: The contact is intentional 48%; This should have been ruled a common foul 47% (including me); The contact is incidental 5%.

Foul “Deliberately” ...
 

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