T for Kicking

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Originally Posted by Snaqwells

FWIW, I agree with the call. Good T.
I wouldn't go flagrant unless the attempted kick leads to a fight.

I think you have to say fight, or flagrant, because if it is an attempt to strike the opponent, you have a fight by rule.

SECTION 18 FIGHTING
Fighting is a flagrant act and can occur when the ball is dead or live. Fighting includes, but is not limited to combative acts such as:
ART. 1 . . . An attempt to strike, punch or kick an opponent with a fist, hands, arms, legs or feet regardless of whether contact is made.
ART. 2 . . . An attempt to instigate a fight by committing an unsporting act toward an opponent that causes an opponent to retaliate by fighting.

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This is one of those situations where you have to go by the rule, IMO,
because there are too many varibles involved that can get you into deep trouble with liability and all that legal stuff.

Also the actions of B could also be ruled a part of the fight because the kick is a retaliation for that action. This is usually the result of some excessive contact but this is something you have to take a hard look at too.

We had a situation last Saturday where a 3 point try was taken and the defender was about five feet away then just completely hip checked the shooter into the stands - we have to be right on top of that - there was no further problem (there were two whistles lead and trail) - the trail moved in immediately made sure everything was settled down then we talked about it (NCAA) and made the foul into an intentional based on the excessive contact.

after the game we got together and discussed what would have happend if we had anyone jump up to start a fight or their had been a fight, we determined the player with the first contact would have gone with everyone else involved because that was the action that created the fallout or fight.