Would you call a foul if it will give disadvantage to the team fouled?

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BNR, it looks like you are making assumptions on what I said based on who knows what. I outlined the 2 possible outcomes from what was described.

Everyone knows that the only time the coach will complain is if his kid misses the layup. Therefore the contact is not what upsets them, they are just looking for something to complain about.

Calling a foul that needs to be called versus not finding some contact illegal has nothing to do with future actions. You can extrapolate whatever conclusion you wish it doesn't change the fact that the hypothetical is difficult to adjudicate. The theoretical principal of "don't pass on an obvious foul simply due to some advantageous position the offense is in" is a simpler yes/no answer. But the level of contact on such a play is very different than a ball handler driving the lane and going up for a layup/dunk.

No one should complain about a foul/non-foul simply because their desired outcome wasn't met. Complain either way, but not because something happened. I don't want to hear it if that's the case. In all cases something like this happened, the coach immediately reminded his kids to "make their layups". He knows, I know, Naismith knows that the frustration lies in the missed 2 points not the foul/non-foul.

The post I quoted uses the word "IF" to show cause and effect. In linear logic it works this way

IF A2 misses layup THEN Coach/Fans complain ELSE Coach/Fans Cheer.

Don't see what's complicated about that, since that's what the statement said. I still don't see how you extrapolated a conclusion to my thought and how "I" would call some hypothetical when I listed the 2 potential outcomes. How in the heck you concluded that I have to call it 1 way is beyond me. But if you could tell the future I would love to know who you think will win the Super Bowl so I can make me some money.