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[Spence]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I'm sorry, but I don't see this as a 50-50 play. My first viewing told me it was an easy charge; replay only confirmed it. The defender had roots.

It looks like the shooter's leg hit the defender in the left shoulder. Is the shoulder part of the torso?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Spence

It looks like the shooter's leg hit the defender in the left shoulder. Is the shoulder part of the torso?

The torso is a rule of thumb only, not the rule, and really only helps with a moving defender. In this case, it was the shooter's right leg that essentially stepped on the defender's left shoulder, and the defender was in his spot and not moving.

I could possibly see judging this a no-call, but a block is just the wrong call.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

The torso is a rule of thumb only, not the rule, and really only helps with a moving defender. In this case, it was the shooter's right leg that essentially stepped on the defender's left shoulder, and the defender was in his spot and not moving.

I could possibly see judging this a no-call, but a block is just the wrong call.

Exaclty what I said in my first post in this thread. A block should not even be a possibility when the defender has roots like this guy did.

[APG]

On first view, I thought it was an easy PC call. After viewing it again to see if I missed anything, I'd still go with PC.

[slow whistle]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

The torso is a rule of thumb only, not the rule, and really only helps with a moving defender. In this case, it was the shooter's right leg that essentially stepped on the defender's left shoulder, and the defender was in his spot and not moving.

I could possibly see judging this a no-call, but a block is just the wrong call.

The ONLY thing that is even close is whether the defender had established his position before the shooter left the ground since there is significant hang time here...watching it on video it is pretty clear to me that this is PC, but real time, floor level angle....who am I kidding they blew this one, been there!

[deecee]

What I got is an official who doesn't know wtf he is doing (and at the college level). Judgement is one thing (and I dont think his is good) but his mechanics are non existent. How is his partner supposed to know what is going on. Also a call like that can have some kind of emotion to sell it as it is close and could potentially (not in this case) go either way.

And the whole time the only way I knew it was a block and a shooting foul was because the players were lining up.