Inconsistency in NF rules?

[JoeD1]

I think what he's talkihg about is the fact that in the rule book in reference to a PC foul by an airborne shooter, it says that the defender must establish position before the shooter leaves the floor, but as we all know you don't have to leave the floor to start a shot.

I think the two situations we're talking about are totally different. One is a foul by the offense and one by the defense. Those two things fall under different criteria. You talk about the difference between starting a shot and leaving the floor - there's nothing in the rule book that says a player in the act of shooting can't commit a PC foul.

Leaving the floor is only the reference in determining whether or not a defensive player established legal guarding position for determining a PC foul.

But, I could see where the wording could possibly perpetuate the myth that a player has to be in the air or jumping to be shooting. That's the reason an evaluator bites your head off for saying "on the floor" after a foul. That makes it sound like you have to be in the air to take a shot.