As requested by Snaqwell

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

As Camron said, once this was whistled a foul on McGee, because of the contact with the elbow to Love's face, you have to go with at least a FF1 if this were a NCAA game. Choices are nothing (incidental contact/no foul), FF1, or FF2.

Well of course as the benefit of replay that is what we could clearly see, but what if you think the contact is not with the elbow alone or the official did not think the contact was with the elbow?

I will go back and look at the bulletins, but I believe that this was address and it was said that all contact was not to be called a FF when it was apart of normal basketball movements. Now this was very close, but I was under the impression at least by interpretation not to make all contact with the elbow a FF.

Peace

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Well of course as the benefit of replay that is what we could clearly see, but what if you think the contact is not with the elbow alone or the official did not think the contact was with the elbow?

I will go back and look at the bulletins, but I believe that this was address and it was said that all contact was not to be called a FF when it was apart of normal basketball movements. Now this was very close, but I was under the impression at least by interpretation not to make all contact with the elbow a FF.

Peace

Normal basketball movement means moving to occupy an empty space, not space already occupied by someone else's head. A2 was responsible to keep his elbows down and legal.

It's akin to the focus on hockey hits in the CHL.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

Normal basketball movement means moving to occupy an empty space, not space already occupied by someone else's head. A2 was responsible to keep his elbows down and legal.

It's akin to the focus on hockey hits in the CHL.

Maybe that is your definition and that is fine, but when a player is making a catch and going to the basket, that is pretty normal to me. He did not try to throw an elbow or not have his arms raised for anything other than making a play at the basket. It was very unintentional to hit Love in the head with an elbow. And Hockey is much different as they are not shooting at something that is above their head. If they do, there are penalties that can be equated to that action. This is only an NCAA rule now and probably is going to change because of the overemphasis of every contact with an elbow.

Peace

[Jeremy Hohn]

Sometimes faces beat up elbows.