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[just another ref]

Originally Posted by BillyMac;870496
It is important to know the intent and purpose of a[B

rule [/B]so that it may be intelligently applied in each play situation. A player of a team should not be permitted an advantage which is not intended by a rule. Neither should play be permitted to develop which may lead to placing a player at a disadvantage not intended by a rule.

Rules include both fouls, and violations. The "Intent and Purpose" preamble to the rulebook refers to rules, it doesn't solely refer to fouls.

You are twisting two separate things together. (again)

Advantage/Disadvantage is written into the definition of a personal foul, though it does not use those exact terms.

"contact which hinders a player....."

No such language is used in any violation definition. There are different interpretations of how strictly to enforce violations, perhaps most notably 3 second violations, (and NCAA traveling) but these interpretations have no support in the strict reading of the written rule.