A flagrant foul is a more serious contact foul involving excessive contact in a National Basketball Association game. In basketball, a personal foul is a breach of the rules that concerns illegal personal contact with an opponent. The flagrant foul rule was enacted in the 1990's as an attempt to deter contact which in addition to being illegal also puts an opponent's safety and health at risk. The terminology in the NBA rulebook for contact that puts safety and health at risk is unnecessary and/or excessive contact. The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the worlds premier mens professional basketball league and one of the major professional sports leagues of North America. ... Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ... In basketball, a personal foul is a breach of the rules that concerns illegal personal contact with an opponent. ... Rule has several meanings: A rule in mathematics is something which is always true. ...
The flagrant foul rule is described in several subsections of NBA Rule Number 12. The most extensive section is 12B (Personal Fouls) Section IV (Flagrant Fouls). Currently, there are two types of flagrant fouls. Type 2 is more serious than Type 1. Although the delineation between these two rules has evolved the general distinction has been whether the excessive contact was intentional. Over the course of the season flagrant fouls accrue increasingly steep monetary fines at the sole discretion of the Commissioner. Within a game flagrant fouls help deter activity (usually as the game winds down) by awarding personal and team fouls in addition to possession of the ball as a penalty. A simple personal foul will generally result in either free throws or possession of the ball depending on the number of accumulated team fouls. However, a flagrant foul will result in both the award of free throws and possession. Thus, when a trailing team is employing a strategy of slowing the game down by fouling it must attempt not to use unnecessary and/or excessive contact or it will slow the game down, but give its opponent the ball back.
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Personal foul In basketball, a personal foul is a breach of the rules that concerns illegal personal contact with an opponent. ...
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