team control foul

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Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

I know that you responded to Mark Padgett's post, but that still does not solve your problem because in NFHS and NCAA rules, no where will you find an mentiona of an "offensive foul".

While this is true, IMHO it's really just a matter of semantics (unlike an "over the back" foul, which actually communicates false information). We could remove the definitions of "player control foul" and "team control foul" and add a definition for "offensive foul", which would include:

1) player control fouls;
2) team control fouls; and
3) common fouls committed by the throw-in team during the period between the start of the throw-in and either team gaining control.

If we did that, NOTHING in the game would change. I am usually ready to agree with anyone who wants to promote proper verbiage in officiating. In this case, I think, the proper verbiage says the same thing as the "slang".