Tipped pass?

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by ajmc

AS ALWAYS, it depends on what you actually see. NFHS: 2-3-5-b "A defensive player MAY ALSO push, pull or ward off an opponent in an actual attempt to get at the runner OR A LOOSE BALL if such contact is not pass interference, a personal foul or illegal use of the hands.

HOWEVER, NFHS: 9-4-g prohibits, "Make ANY OTHER CONTACT WITH AN OPPONENT, including a defenseless player which is deemed unnecessary or excessive and which incites roughness.".

So it really boils down to YOUR judgment as to the specific situation YOU are looking at.

But unsportsmanlike conduct is not unnecessary roughness. Unnecessary roughness is only a personal foul. Why does that matter, because 2 UNC result in an ejection. A UNR only results in a personal foul and does not automatically result in an ejection if more than one is called. You can always have a flagrant personal foul act, but again we are adding stuff to the play that was not asked. You are right there is judgment, but we have to know the difference between a personal foul and unsporting contact in an NF context. Even at the NCAA, there are specific things with contact that can result in Unsporting acts, but that does not involve plays like the one we are talking about. KISS!!!!

Peace