Block / Charge Situation

[Adam]

Originally Posted by OHBBREF

I think we are stretching

almost everyone here agrees that you can not just bowl over the defender no matter where he is, it the contact by the ball handler is excessive the foul would be PC, and infact you could go to another extreeme and say intentional.
that is not the intent of the OP,
What we are referring to here is -a player going to the basket in the course of a normal drive who contacts a defender who has his foot on the line, there is enough contact that it can not be deemed incidental and requires a whistle.
So other than a blarge what have you got?

I don't see how, with your approach, you can do anything but an intentional or flagrant on the offense. PC doesn't seem to be an option.

[jdw3018]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I don't see how, with your approach, you can do anything but an intentional or flagrant on the offense. PC doesn't seem to be an option.

Yep...if a person is arguing that stepping on the line makes that player's position "illegal," then a PC foul could never be called. Either a PC foul is an option or it's not.

If it is, then all the "normal" rules should apply, and that includes that an offensive player cannot displace a defensive player.