Tighter Restrictions
Indianapolis, IN – The NCAA has recommended tougher penalties for players who throw elbows.
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The decision was announced Wednesday, one day after the Basketball Rules Committee completed its spring meetings. All proposals must still be approved by the Playing Rules Oversight Panel next month.
If the new rule passes, officials would have to call an intentional or flagrant foul for anything more than incidental contact when a player hits an opponent with an elbow above the shoulders. If the player hits the opponent below the shoulders, it could still be a common foul.
Last season’s rules gave officials the discretion to determine whether an elbow should be called a flagrant foul, an intentional foul or a common foul.
The new rule would apply to men and women.
Posted: 5/05/2010 9:18 PM ET