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Message: [QUOTE="TheFarmFan, post: 3104374, member: 9403"] It's confusing to me because I think the foul normally is envisioned as taking place when both players are on the ground or at least at eye level. Here's the full definition: Perhaps they just thought it was a violation of e. "hard . . . contact against an opponent." It's just think it's hard to call it either excessive or unnecessary given the circumstances, and the rule doesn't say anything about per se violations for contact at the neck. Personally, I think they screwed the whole sequence up because it should have been a shooting foul b/c KLS was clearly in the act of going up after the pump fake when she got squashed. But then once the other ref waived that off, they were left with either saying there was no foul or else calling an unsportsmanlike. Given that Drummer had already been very physical, I think they thought it was fair to the game even if it wasn't to the play. (Also, meta comment: I cannot believe I am devoting paragraphs to defending Missy Barlow, who was the ref who called it a common shooting foul before being overruled. I guess there's a first time for everything...) [/QUOTE]