Foul on jump ball participant

[Adam]

Originally Posted by rlarry

Thanks for the clarification

No problem. I do think I've figured out the crux of Nevada's point (I'm a bit slow sometimes.)

On a dead ball play where accidental contact is made, the contact is to be ignored. Picture a post-basket situation where A1 is on his way up the court, about to become wide open, when B1 inadvertently trips him. This happens before A2 has the ball at his disposal, so the ball is dead. By rule, the contact should be ignored because it's neither intentional nor flagrant. However, this "seems" unfair, because this accidental contact took away an open layup for A1.

I think a lot of people would call the personal foul, figuring the time was close enough to A2 having the ball at his disposal. I think by rule, though, it needs to be ignored.