Originally Posted by rockyroad (Post 936131)

Not sure why anyone would think that calling a DF here is a "cop-out"...black 42 (in lovely headgear) displaces and stiff arms white 23 at the same time that white 23 is holding (clamping both arms around the arm of 41)...that would be the very definition of a DF. There was no "first foul" to get on this play.

Originally Posted by JetMetFan (Post 936144)

The thing to look at here - and which has been preached during my camps so far - is why did W23 clamp down on B42. Did W23 clamp in response to an illegal act by B42? I would say yes. Right as the throw-in begins, B42 hooks/clamps W23's right arm and that starts the back-and-forth process.

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef (Post 936066)

Cop-out implies a lack of intestinal fortitude. I look at it more as not seeing the whole play. I'd rather have a partner call a double foul, instead of letting the 2 players continue to pound on each other.