Under Cutting Players

[ChuckElias]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by BktBallRef

I have to take issue with the generalization of your post, Chuck. It's a technical foul to swing the elbows excessively with out contact. It's also a technical foul to swing the elbows excessively when contact is made. The T is for swinging the elbows, not for making or failing to make contact.

I know it's probably dumb to ask this, but are you sure about that, Tony? You're going to call a T when the kid gets hit? I don't think that's the way the rule is interpreted, is it? I don't have my book right now (I haven't unpacked from my game tonight), but if he makes contact it has to be personal, I would think.

It seems to me that using your reasoning, if a defender reached thru the OOB plane and struck the ball while the thrower was holding it, you would only give the warning, b/c he had to break the plane first. But obviously, you're supposed to give the T there.

I'll do some digging in the morning. Off to bed for me now, tho.

Chuck