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I think you answered your own question. You said the player was fouled, but if the official raised an "open hand" then there was no foul. He or she was signaling end of period. Being an official yourself, you know how easy it is to sit in the bleachers and call the game versus actually being on the floor. Your fellow official did not have a foul. As far as the statement someone else made about "a foul is a foul is a foul" regardless of when it occurs and disagreeing with the philosophy of letting the players decide the outcome, I was of the same opinion when I came up. It took me many years to finally understand what all the vets were telling me. Now I am one of the vets and I try to pass along the same philosphy to our younger officials.