Intent to hurt

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by hawkk
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I was envisioning a 5 second closely guarded count, rather than a 5 second inbound -- I can see the call arising on an inbound play, particularly if aimed at the family jewels, since, as someone pointed out it's not a smart play, anyway . . . from OOB, the knees are better than the feet b/c they're harder to move out of the way . . . and my (admittedly unclear) horror was directed at a player trying to save the ball from OOB, NOT on an inbound . . . nor do I disagree that the legitimate game rationale is left up to the official -- my view is that refs should be extremely cautious in concluding ill intent on plays where there is a reason for the play other than trying to hurt the other player -- and I'd be hard pressed to ever see the call being appropriate on the save of a ball going out of bounds as there is not likely enough time to develop an ill intent [/B][/QUOTE]Agree,Hawkk.If the player's trying to save the ball from going OOB,it's awful tough to read "intent" into the save.On a throw-in,the player throwing the ball in has time to pick the spot on the defender that they want to throw it off of.It's a lot easier to read the "intent" in that case.