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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
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Originally posted by rainmaker
The problem in the thinking here is in the title of the thread -- "Block/Charge". The play where a player from the B team has his back to the dribbler is not a block/charge situation. The phrase "block/charge" only refers to plays where a guarding B team player and an A team dribbler have enough contact to necessitate a foul call.
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Can't agree with that, Juulie.
Rule4-7-1- "Blocking is illegal personal contact which impedes the progress of an opponent with or without the ball".
Rule 4-7-2- "Charging is illegal personal contact caused by pushing or moving into an opponent's torso".
The play above meets those definitions, imo. In R4-7-2(d), it doesn't say that the opponent's torso has to be facing the dribbler.
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You're right about the definitions, but when refs talk about "block/charge" we're talking about a specific situation that is in no way covered by those definitions. Nothing in those definitions talks about a dribbler or about LGP, which are the crucial points in what we call "block/charge". It seems to me that the situation footlocker drscribed isn't a "block/charge" play, and that other rules, such as the one Chuck cited, and the one I think is there, although I can't find it, are more relevant.
Wed Feb 11, 2004, 12:42pm
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