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[Adam]

Originally Posted by SmokeEater

Is this opinion or is there rules reference for this train of thought? I would reference rules citation if I had HFHS or NCAA books but unfortunately they have gone to the trash since we switched to FIBA up here.

Just going by memory here, but I thought there was something about excessively swinging the elbows consituted an Unsporting T and Contact was a flagrant foul. *unsure*

Excessively swinging the elbows is a violation (although it could be deemed "unsporting.") and making contact is still a judgment call in HS. You might be thinking of the recent NCAA directive for which there is no NFHS equivalent. Even then it's more about contact with the head.