Dribbler cuts in front of defender

[zebraman]

Originally posted by JRutledge

If we were to have a discussion about 3 seconds, I wonder how many here would call it the way the rules state it(actually 3 seconds, not 4, 8 or 10 as many have stated here as their personal requirement).

If we were to talk about multiple fouls, I already know of how many people have claimed they have called it and why (This happens at least once a game, funny I have never seen it called).

Regardless of how you call this play, your comparisons are still invalid. The 3-seconds and multiple foul situations you cite are examples where a ref may do a non-call or only call one of two possible fouls on the offending team. With the situation this post addresses, you're not talking about ignoring a situation nor penalizing the team in another way (or less). You're talking about penalizing a defensive player for an illegal movement by the offense. I may choose to no-call this (have to see it), but I can't imagine giving a foul to the defense for an illegal offensive act. It seems prudent to ignore 3-second violations that don't matter or using common sense to choose the first foul that happened rather than calling a multiple foul, but when we penalize the wrong team because we don't like a rule, that seems to be going a bit far, IMHO.

Z