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Not sure who I'm agreeing with and who I'm not agreeing with but here's what I do...
I start every game assuming the teams are of comparable talent and ability. I call contact at some level depending on what I think creates an advantage/disadvantage for one of the players. As the game goes on, I adapt the threshold depending the actual abilities of the players.
When a team is down by 40 in the 4th, I may choose to pass fouls that I would have called earlier. I may also choose to call ones I would have passed on earlier.
For example... Beginning of game, A1 shooting, gets tapped on the wrist/elbow by B1 but not very hard. I call the foul, the basket goes in. Fourth quarter, A up by 40. Same play, no call. It has become apparent that B gained no advantage and A didn't lose the advantage. If the level of contact escalates such that B hits A1 hard, I'll call the foul even if the shot still goes in to maintain control of the game.
Another one...well played game, tied in the 4th quarter, A1 carelessly takes the ball to the corner and gets aggressively trapped by B1 and B2, a little bit of bumping, but A1's is strong and able to play trough it...A1 travels unrelated to a bump...I call the travel...the bump didn't cause it, A1 shouldn't have let themselves get trapped to begin with. Now, in a 40 point game, same play. This time I call the foul since I judge that it was the cause of the travel.
Advantage/Disadvantage is NOT a constant. It varies every game depeding on the teams/players involved. Taking some examples that everyone knows...the contact that Shaq can play through without being disadvantaged is certainly different that what Shawn Bradley can take. It takes a lot more to affect Shaq due to his strength and bulk.
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