elbow to face

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by Spence

I'm having trouble wrapping my mind around the difference between an intentional personal foul and a flagrant personal foul when an elbow is involved. If its intentional that would seem to make it flagrant.

First of all, we have to remember that it can be an intentional foul without the player doing it "on purpose". The intentional foul can be for excessive contact. He might not realize where the defender is and pivot quickly, trying to "clear space", and accidentally -- but excessively -- contact the defender. Intentional, but not flagrant.

However, if you judge that the player "on purpose" used his elbow to hit an opponent in the head, I would agree that would very likely be flagrant.