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[just another ref]

Originally Posted by walter

Think of this. Hard, fast drive to the basket from the wing by A1 (small guard). B1 (big body center) comes straight down the lane line toward the endline on the same side and jumps to block the shot. B1 legally beats A1 to the basket and while in the air cleanly blocks the ball and the two bodies come together and A1 ends up falling to the floor and the ball goes straight out of bounds. You have two bodies, basically getting to the same spot at practically the same time, contact which can be hard given the speed, and the ball going out of bounds. To me this is a no call even with possibly severe contact.

Originally Posted by JRutledge

it would take a lot more than what I have read to call a foul here.

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Of course if the defender does something illegal I have no problem calling a foul. I

The contact in the above play as described is, by definition, illegal. If it is the custom in your area to ignore this contact (foul) under certain circumstances, (ball "cleanly" blocked out of bounds) so long as it is acceptable to all parties involved, I suppose this is fine. But it is difficult to support the position that this is not, by rule, a foul.