NFHS emphasis on elbow contact

[Mendy Trent]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

"Cause" is a positive action as it is commonly used in the realm of basketball. As such, the elbow in your example didn't cause the contact...it was just there. The other player caused contact by moving into it. It just happens that the reason it is a foul is that the elbow was not in a legal position when contact occurred.

Shooter cause contact all the time when they catch a defender out of position....maybe the arms are not vertical and the shooter ensures they cause contact in hopes of getting a foul (sometimes deserved, sometimes not).

I think we are in agreement other than semantics.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Mendy Trent

I think we are in agreement other than semantics.

Who is this semantics guy who disagrees with us? Maybe he needs some clarification.

[Adam]

I think the next question is whether the semantics matter. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. Here, I would lean towards saying they do.