Need an interpretation

[mick]

Originally posted by Grant
Thanks Mic but here is the problem it is the defensive player not in a legal guarding position that caused the travel. If the defender had stuck out his knee and caused it you would call a foul wouldn't you

Yes, I would call the knee.
I would also call the case you noted as BR-73,R4-33, where a defender was attempting to guard.

However, in your original post, the player on the floor, who has some protection from the rules of verticality was merely on the floor making no attempt to guard. (He was just trying to not get stepped upon.) If the rebounder lands on the player on the floor incidentally, then perhaps the contact should be ruled incidental.

Now if the rebounding player grabbed the ball and landed with his foot aiming (judgement) for the player on the floor, and then travels, we won't be calling a travel, but we could well have a foul.

mick