hitting on arms during rebound

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by Camron Rust

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The verticality rule does not permit any other contact such as might be had when the arms are swept side to side as in a football stop the clock signal.

The verticality rule doesn't grant the defender ownership of that space, only extended priviledges. I don't see anything that gives them freedom to knock an opponents arms out of that space unless it is through the raising of the arms.

[/B][/QUOTE]The above sounds fair to me. Even if you do have full ownership, you can't use that ownership to attain an advantage that wasn't intended originally by the rule. I think that that falls in line with the probable purpose and intent of the "verticality" rule.