Multiple Fouls?

Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. · #12 (**permalink**) Sat Jan 25, 2003, 05:20pm

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Originally posted by just another ref

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When a player tells me that he is going to commit a foul and then immediately fouls his opponent, his act is a classic example of a premeditated act.

Where do you draw the line on this call? What if 2 different players from team A had come out? A1: We're gonna foul as soon as they get the ball inbounds. A2: No, we're not, we're gonna very aggressively go for a steal and if we foul we can't help it. A1: (shrug) What do you do now? Call it intentional if on A1 but not on A2? I don't think that you can go by what the players say.

What line is there to draw? A1 stated to the official that he was going to foul B1 immediately. If A1 then fouls B1 immediately, that is an intentional foul. Either you make the correct call (intentional foul) or you do not nake the correct foul (common foul). There is nothing difficult about the situation.