Contact with the thrower...Hmmmm...

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

How do you decide who makes contact? Where is that defined?

We do that the entire game. Why should a throw-in be any different?

Oddly enough, I had this happen today. A-1 has the BCELTI; B-2 is defending inches from the endline, with arms raised vertically. A-1 jumps and throws the ball into the frontcourt, but just before he releases it, he makes contact with B-2's arm.

I had nothing.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by bainsey

We do that the entire game. Why should a throw-in be any different?

Oddly enough, I had this happen today. A-1 has the BCELTI; B-2 is defending inches from the endline, with arms raised vertically. A-1 jumps and throws the ball into the frontcourt, but just before he releases it, he makes contact with B-2's arm.

I had nothing.

We don't decide who makes contact. We decide, when contact occurs, who was not legal when contact occurred. Sometimes the player "making" contact is not the one who has fouled.

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

We don't decide who makes contact. We decide, when contact occurs, who was not legal when contact occurred. Sometimes the player "making" contact is not the one who has fouled.

True, but sometimes, part of the equation of ruling illegal/incidental contact is determining who initiated the contact. In my aforementioned case, I couldn't legitimately penalize a defender who was contacted by his opponent.