Fun With Excessive Contact …

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Raymond

Lack of Intent to harm is no more irrelevant than how "hard" the foul was.

That is true by NFHS standards. A legally set blind screen can lead to very hard contact, and a train wreck, possibly with broken bones, yet, by rule it's not considered an excessive contact intentional foul because it's not illegal contact.

My local standards make "hard" illegal contact synonymous with an excessive contact intentional foul. We even have our own local unauthorized (by IAABO) signal for excessive "hard" contact intentional fouls and state, "Hard foul" (not "Hard contact").

Hard illegal contact can be considered excessive illegal contact and thus, an excessive contact intentional foul, by local standards, or by NFHS standards.

The word "excessive" (and even the word "hard") invites the factor of subjectivity.