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Message: [QUOTE="connie, post: 4257102, member: 7882"] Re. "purposely fake" . . . The rule--"the free-thrower shall not purposely fake a try"-- is not as clear as it could be. (Does it make sense to speak of a fake without purpose?) In my opinion, the rule suggests that the free-thrower not only volitionally engage in conduct but do so with the intent to deceive the opposing team (e.g., induce a lane violation). True, intent always has a subjective element. But that does not mean it cannot be inferred objectively. (Indeed, in the eyes of the law intent may even be inferred if there is no professed subjective intent. In the words of William Lloyd Prosser, intent "must extend not only to those consequences which are desired, but also to those which the actor believes are substantially certain to follow from what he does. ... The man who fires a bullet into a dense crowd may fervently pray that he will hit no one, but since he must believe and know that he cannot avoid doing so, he intends it.") In this instance, it did not appear to me that Brittany Smith purposely faked a try. It's a judgment call. [/QUOTE]