The new hook-and-hold flagrant 1 rule

[Shocker Mama]

I watched the Samajae/Seacat thing repeatedly, and it just looks to me like Samajae got elbowed in the head.

[Kung Wu]

I watched the Samajae/Seacat thing repeatedly, and it just looks to me like Samajae got elbowed in the head.

Yeah, that wasn't a hook and hold. It was more of a clusterfludgeabobulation.

[1972Shocker]

Almost exactly what came to my mind when I saw it. I was thinking clusterfludgediscombobulationisky.

[Aargh]

At last I've figured out exactly how this new rule works. There was a perfect example in the Davidson (mid-major) vs. Purdue (P5) game.

A player from Purdue was falling down. He clearly locked elbows with a player from Davidson and pulled the Davidson player down with him. In fact, the Purdue player gave quite a heave and pretty much threw the Davidson player to the floor.

The Davidson player was called for the foul because he made contact with the Purdue player when he was pulled down on top of the Purdue player.

The Purdue player didn't "hook and hold". He executed a "hook and throw to floor" instead, so that's not a flagrant 1.

[Shocker Mama]

Important nuance.