Offensive foul in the 80s when the game wasnt soft

Ben Taylor of Thinking Basketball questions why the NBA has stopped calling offensive fouls when players charge into someone or use their off-arm showing clips from just a decade ago where those moves were illegal and the players didn't even argue the calls when they happened

Charles Oakley commits a vicious flagrant foul on Bo Outlaw

Ben Wallace picks up Allen Iverson full court and successfully draws an offensive foul

When Yao Ming was playing he could get called for a foul just for breathing while opponents could smack him in the head and the refs would look the other way Both Jeff Van Gundy and Rick Adelman said Yao was being singled out by officials

Yao Ming could get called for a foul just for breathing on the court while refs would sometimes look the other way even when they saw an opponent smack him in the head right in front of them Both Jeff Van Gundy and Rick Adelman said Yao was being singled out by the officials

The refs would call a foul on Yao Ming for practically just breathing on the court yet stay silent even when an opponent smacked him in the head and avoid his angry stare Both Jeff Van Gundy and Rick Adelman often argued that Yao was being singled out by the officials