Disadvantage and the 3 point play

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by Gator

"As an illustration, Rule 10 - Section 10: 'A player shall not contact an opponent with his hand unless such contact is only with the opponent's hand while it is on the ball and is incidental to an attempt to play the ball...'
One response was that if this were true, we would see no traditional 3 point plays as if the shot is made, there was no disadvantage and thus no foul.

That is obviously not what is meant by disadvantage - is it? Could you give me a couple of examples to share on the forum?

Incidental contact is never a foul.

Any contact that affects the shooter is a foul. If you push the shooter, smack his arm, pop him upside the head, etc., etc., etc.,... those are all fouls.

That exception you cited above only applies to one very specific type of contact-- a defender contacting an opponent's hand with his hand while his opponents's hand is on the ball. Any contact on any part of the shooter's body other than the hand on the ball could be a foul, if that contact was not incidental.

Methinks that you're thinking way too much on this one. You're trying to take an exception that applies to one very specific type of contact on a shooter and apply it to all types of contact on a shooter.