Incidental contact ?

Pirate

Snaqwells wrote
Welpe is right with what he writes below.

Shut up.

LOL, once again, another official (me) interprets something incorrectly. When will I ever learn????:o

bbcof83

Pirate wrote
So in the OP, would you have called the foul in that sitch? A1 was dribbling downcourt and B1 comes up from behind (obviously not a legal guarding position) and "accidentally", not intentionally, trips (steps on the foot of A1) causing A1 to lose possession. I personally have a foul there, but I'm just wondering what other officials are thinking there.

Yes, foul every time from the way you describe it. If A1 doesn't lose possession I have nothing.

Adam

bbcof83 wrote
Yes, foul every time from the way you describe it. If A1 doesn't lose possession I have nothing.

If A1 falls, it doesn't matter if he loses possession.

Back In The Saddle

BillyMac wrote
Incidental contact is contact with an opponent which is permitted and which does not constitute a foul.

blah blah blah

yadda yadda yadda

ART. 5 If, however, a player approaches an opponent from behind or from a position from which he/she has no reasonable chance to play the ball without making contact with the opponent, the responsibility is on the player in the unfavorable position.

Bingo. From behind. No chance to play the ball. Unfavorable position. All the fixins for non-incidental contact.

This also falls under rule 11-1, "Call the obvious."

BillyMac

BillyMac wrote
Yada, Yada, Yada.

Has this thread turned into a Seinfeld episode?

Back In The Saddle

BillyMac wrote
Has this thread turned into a Seinfeld episode?

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Amesman

Kelvin green wrote
how many players really fall down by themselves?

All the spot-on discussion above aside, KG, I just have this to say:
You haven't officiated much young kid games lately, have you?

budjones05

NCAA 4-40-3 Contact that does not hinder the opponent from participating in normal defensive or offensive movements shall be considered incidental

B1 cause A1 to lose the ball. A foul must be called

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