NFHS Rules Interpretations - Interntional Foul on the Offense

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

...His interpretation, as well as mine, was that the items in the parentheses are examples of players that are not involved in the play....and that not being involved in the play meant that they didn't have the ball and weren't about to receive the ball. They might be "attempting to receive a pass" by trying to get open,but they aren't actually in the act of receiving the pass.

Quite respectfully, Jurrassic, You're wrong on this one.

The parenthetical element contains examples of being in the play. If setting a screen to get someone open or trying to get open to receive the pass is not part of the play, I don't know what is. Those are fundamental and direct actions of being involved in the play.

The intentional foul is meant to be called when someone is fouled that is

• not trying to get open for the inbounds pass
• not trying to set a screen to get someone else open for the inbounds pass

That is exactly what the posted situation says.