How far outside the rules would an action have to be on a football field or basketball court before it is treated as a crime?
Punching someone is not in any way a part of either game, but it also seems that it isn’t assault since I haven’t heard of anyone being arrested for it during a game.
how severe does it have to be? What if you poked an eye out while having illegal hands to the face? What if you intentionally undercut a player dunking and it kills someone? Its not part of the game by definition, since its a penalty, would it be murder?