Poke in the eye/Your thoughts

[AKOFL]

I have a foul on B4, for hitting that poor guy in the finger with his eye. How much time did the official give him to recover?
Some times things just happen we don't see until after it happens. It's up to you. I agree with BBR

[co2ice]

I agree AKOFL. B4 needs to quit playing offense with his face!!!!!

[JPNY25]

To me, this sounds more like incidental contact that I probably would have ignored.

But I would also say that it's one of those "had to be there" moments.

Regards,

Jim

[just another ref]

I personally have always thought that this would get called a foul more often except for the fact that it is so difficult to see. There is little if any reason to look at any players face, therefore so often all we see is the offended player grab at his own eye after the fact. It could have been a bug or an eyelash, but usually it is obvious, after the fact, what happened.

4-19-1: .....contact which hinders an opponent from performing.........

One is hindered from doing most things if one cannot see.

[btaylor64]

When a defensive player makes a swipe and connects with any part of the head, face it is a foul. you will rarely catch any pushback by a coach if you call the foul and designate and verbalize what happened. you going to catch whole lot more flack by not calling it and a player going down and you've got nothing.

[canuckrefguy]

Sounds like a foul to me.

But in the heat of the moment, who knows.