The Official Forum - Interesting play in Penn St.-Florida game

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Originally Posted by jeffpea (Post 591285)

I think one of the things you can look at as to determine who was the cause of the contact or who bears the biggest responsibility of the contact is to watch where the players fall (which direction)....in this case the speed/momentum/angle of the Florida player caused him to crash into and "thru" the Penn St player (think of an illegal block in the back in football). the PSU player fell forward on this face after being contacted from behind.....

after a hard collision like this...take a second and see which direction the players fall - that may give you a clue who to call the foul on....

None of that matters if the screener does not give the opponent time and distance to avoid contact. A screener may take the contact in the chest and fall straight back and still be responsible for the contact.

Art. 3. A player shall not:
a. Cause contact by setting a screen outside the visual field of a stationary
opponent that does not allow this opponent a normal step to move.
b. Make contact with the opponent when setting a screen within the visual
field of that opponent.
c. Take a position so close to a moving opponent that this opponent cannot
avoid contact by stopping or changing direction.