Verticality

[canuckrefguy]

This very issue was brought up in an NCAA Officiating Bulletin earlier this year; too many calls going against vertical, stationary defenders who merely had shooters' hands/arms flying into them.

I doubt the average fan, and even most coaches, will ever buy into the verticality principle. If they see contact against their player, it must be a foul. Just another misconception we have to manage.

BH had it nailed pretty good....ask yourself "is the defender in a legal guarding position", and "who initiated the contact"...and go from there.

And like I always say....