Call what you see... or what you think happened

[JRutledge]

Originally posted by Hawks Coach
If a player has the ball, a defender is waving arms and accidentally pokes in the eye (and you see the poke in the eye), it is not clear to me why this is not a foul. It is contact, it is illegal,and it results in an unfair advantage for the defense.

To me,the accidental eye poke is like the accidental high stick in hockey - the defender may not have meant to do it, but when it happens, it should be a foul. I know it is not always called that way, but I wish it was.

Well, basketball is not hockey. So if a player just falls to the ground, I am not calling something just because. There has to be contact, not just what looks like contact. Sorry, good no call.

Peace