A few more questions...

[jkjenning]

Originally posted by Texas Aggie
rather to make it clear that contact against an AS was to be ignored unless intentional or flagrant.

This, I have never heard... then why stay with the airborne shooter until they return to the court? If a defender contacts the AS, then that's [most likely] a foul - without it being intentional or flagrant. It's difficult to understand how the ball can be dead while the shooter is airborne, but not difficult to understand why contact with an AS should be called a foul.