Defensive player holds/waves hand directly in dribblers face- legal?

Jurassic Referee · #22 (**permalink**) Tue Mar 04, 2003, 09:43am

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Originally posted by Nevadaref

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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
I think that CB play 10.3.8SitA gives you an idea about their thinking.

OK,and legal,to try and divert a player's attention.
Not OK(and unsporting) to obstruct their vision.

JR,
After reading both the rulesbook and the casebook, I'm still unclear if this thinking also applies to a player with the ball.

Nevada,I think that it must.Rule 10-3-8d specifically refers to it applying only to an "opponent not in control of the ball". The casebook question asks if it is an unsporting act to do it to a player with the ball.The answer is "no",followed by the explanation.

I don't think that they would ever use the language that they did if there was a situation where they wanted a T called for a defender waving their hands in the face of someone who had the ball.