This does not trump a player's responsibility to make reasonable efforts to avoid contact and to not commit a blocking foul. If you commit a blocking foul, the fact that you jumped to the spot instead of running does not negate the foul.
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19.F.2
Either player may go to the observer before 10 seconds has elapsed. Within the 10 second discussion, players can either agree to accept the foul call, contest and send it back to the thrower, or send it to the observer.
