Sideline: Forced OOB

[BktBallRef]

Originally posted by rocketpast
If the defender obtains legal guarding position & offense w/ball makes contact, there is no "incidental contact".

So, even if both players are within their vertical plane, it's still a foul?

Contact which does not hinder the opponent from participating in normal defensive or offensive movements should be considered incidental.

Contact which may result when opponents are in equally favorable positions to perform normal defensive or offensive movements, should not be considered illegal, even though the contact may be severe.

Sorry to be blunt but anyone who advocates that they call a PC foul every time a player with the ball contacts a defender with position is full of crap. You don't do it and you know it. The mere fact that contact occurs does not constitute a foul.