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Originally Posted by BillyMac

Maybe IAABO meant to say that this is an automatic intentional foul, kind of like a foul against the thrower in an inbounding situation:

9-2-10-Penalty: If an opponent(s) contacts the thrower, an intentional personal foul shall be charged to the offender.

And we only have that ruling because Mary or one of her friends kicked that situation in a game back when the boundary plane mattered.