As requested by Snaqwell

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I even think it could be a block if you deem the defender not being in a legal position (just for debate purposes). But I do not see this elbow being anything I would call other than a regular foul.

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I think it was totally inadvertent. John Adams said that we should not call FF1 on plays where there is elbow contact on a normal movement. He did not swing his arms, he was catching a pass above his head. I got nothing in NCAA rules.

So would you call a foul or not on this play?

Would you call a foul in an NFHS game?
Would you call a foul in an NCAA game?

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

So would you call a foul or not on this play?

Would you call a foul in an NFHS game?
Would you call a foul in an NCAA game?

I do not call the game differently from a HS or college game. The issue I was raising was not if a foul should be called, but if we should call a Flagrant Foul or not according to NCAA Men's Rules (I do not work Women's so I have no idea if there is a different classification).

This is what I found on page 12 of the NCAA Rulebook under the heading, "Major Officiating Concerns for Men."

Flagrant 1 or Flagrant 2 Fouls for Elbow Contact

Officials are reminded that there can be incidental contact with the elbow above
or below the shoulders; swinging of the elbow is required for the foul to be
classified as a flagrant 1 or 2 foul. Some incidental contact is being penalized
improperly.

The ball handler did not swing the elbows in this play to create space or create contact purposely with the elbows. The ball handler was moving to the basket after they received above their head to likely shoot. Kevin Love seemed to be in a legal position and a foul was properly called a PC foul IMO. Now the NBA does not have the same rules with elbow contact to my understanding so nothing more than an PC or offensive foul was called, which I would agree with if this was an NCAA game. There is no such classification of a FF1 or FF2 in NF Rules, so that would not cross my mind at that level and there are no elbow rules to suggest that only an intentional foul should be called just for these kinds of plays.

Peace