Contact above the shoulders

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

In any case, I think I'm probably done with this thread. We are not going to come to an agreement. I think that the Washington interpretation is not only wrong, but obviously and laughably wrong. But I don't have to officiate there and some of you guys do. As long as you call it the same way across the entire state, it'll be fine since it's not a very common play anyway.

Good conversation.

There you go bashing on Washington again...I have no idea what you were told we were told, but my understanding of the elbow issue as confirmed by our assignor thru both the WIAA and the WOA is as follows...

1) Contact with a stationary elbow (as in a screener) may be incidental or common
2) Contact with a moving elbow that is not excessive (pivoting, etc.) above the shoulders may be common or Intentional...and we are encouraged to go Int.
3) Contact with a swinging elbow that is excessive is Intentional or Flagrant and we are encouraged to go Flagrant..

So what exactly is the issue with this interpretation? And please do not lump Washington in with the ridiculous idea that some are pushing here that a pivoting player's elbow is not moving...that is just dumb.