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Originally posted by David B
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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
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Originally posted by Nevadaref
There is no force-out rule, not even in the NBA anymore. So if a player is forced out of bounds by an opponent, I think you have to call a foul.
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Nevada, not all contact is a foul. You know that. If two players just collide, and one player goes OOB as a result of that collision, then you have a player who is not OOB for an unauthorized reason. The only thing governing that player's action now is the rules requisite that he now must return in-bounds asap. If he does so, then there is no call to be made.
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That's what I was thinking also, as much as its tried, there is no way that every situation can be covered by rule.
We just have to have officials that use good judgement.
Thanks for the help
David
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I agree with both of you, of course.
It was just that when the term "force-out" was used, I clicked back to the specific meaning that it had for the NBA. Players were getting bumped out of bounds and the officials had a rule that allowed them to simply award the ball back to that team for a throw-in without calling a foul. A few years ago the NBA decided that this was a poor policy and that fouls should be called on such plays. Therefore, the "force-out" rule was dropped.
Wed Oct 19, 2005, 07:30am
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