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Basketball - Non contact sport?

@Anon373/Isaac - if there were 90 legit fouls in a game, then yes they should be called... what kind of question is that? If the fouls are there, call it.

Of course players aren't going to adapt their playing style over the course of one game - while they should be able to, being professionals, many are just too thick-headed.

I don't agree that coaches would use longer benches to "soak up fouls". That makes no sense.

As new rules and interpretations have been integrated into the game, the way the game is played changes as players and coaches adapt.

If refs called the game a certain way consistently throughout a season or two, then coaches and players would have to adjust, or they would be conceding too many cheap points from free throws, not be able to play their best players enough minutes due to foul trouble, lose games, and hence be out of a job.

If you want to watch people grapple, throw elbows etc, go watch MMA. If you want to watch people flailing their arms, yelping over little/no contact and generally acting like a bitch, go watch WWE.

That's just not basketball.

The issue with foul calling is rather than call to the Rules there is a shifting emphasis on certain areas to focus on. Each year the refs get directives on areas to hone in on, rather than calling the game as it flows!

Anyone who still uses the 'no contact sport' line probably has been looking some dust covered BA material that is still on a counter at their local stadium!

Basketball has officially been characterised as a contact sport for the past 50+ years. How anyone got the idea that it wasn't befuddles me.

The laws of the game are exceedingly clear in clarifying that contact is allowed unless one opponent gains an unfair advantage over another.

Lawn bowls is a non-contact sport.

My understanding is that Basketball WAS a non-contact sport, and has become (outside of the NBA) more of a 'non-collision' sport. The game is refereed in the context of player advantage/disadvantage.

Not sure I like the level of contact either: I cringe at the hooking calls made during games, since the perpetrator of the foul is essentially guessed every time by the refs.

Flops are called inconsistently - case and point: Jesse Wagstaff (ADE-PER).

Players in the NBL are allowed to grapple with one another in the post and when setting screens - Petrie vs. Wagstaff/Redhage, much?

Too much physicality takes away the entertainment value, IMO, and the NBA - a billion-dollar industry - agrees with me.

@Isaac - if the refs call fouls, then the players will definitely be discouraged. Why? Because if they can't stay on the court (foul trouble) then they won't have a job...

Likeable character Dancis . A high centre of gravity.
Interesting to watch,

We played non contact Church juniors and were surprised at the contact watching first district game with Mike Dancis playen and I just laughed.

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