Debunking the "over the back" myth

[CYO Butch]

Originally posted by ChuckElias

Butch, where do you officiate?!?! Can I come and join you? B/c we get morons that yell for this all the time where I am.

Chuck

It's not that I don't hear it at all - it's just that there has always been some contact involved. The people rooting for their teams are going to see all contact in those situations as fouls, the same way they see their own version of charging or blocking. Sure, there is a dearth of understanding of the details of the rules, but I'm convinced the underlying culprit when we hear the cries is a lack of objectivity, not a misguided notion that you can have a personal foul without contact.