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Originally posted by mikesears
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If you are three feet inside the line and get pushed out, that's a foul in almost any league. If you get bumped when you are right next to the line, almost always OOB.
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This is even by rule. If there is not enough space for the offenive player to get around the defensive player, the offensive player bears greater responsibility for the contact. Most officials I know interpret this to mean OOB rather than a PC foul (unless the contact is severe).
Let me know if I have mistated anything. (Like I should have any doubt about being corrected if I'm wrong) 
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You are dead on right, and I did not connect DiVencio's point with this rule. The rule on w/i 3 feet of the sideline is under incidental contact, and also covers double teams. Trying to split double teams is another sitch where players receive a lot of contact, but there usually is no foul. They always feel like they got fouled, but they really just exercised bad judgment.
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