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Originally posted by zebraman
If he sucked his whistle because of the time left, I think that's wrong. If he didn't think it was worthy of a foul (regardless of time), no problem.
Why penalize a team just because of when the foul happened? Doesn't that go against the whole intent of fair play and being consistent from beginning to end?
I called a foul at the state tournament with a couple seconds left in a barn-burner game and all my evals said, "good job stepping up and making the tough call at the end of the game." I possibly could have passed on it without getting hung after the game, but it was consistent with what we had called the rest of the game. Of course, we all know that there are many differences in philosophy between high school and college.
I would have a hard time working for an assignor who wanted a foul in the closing seconds to have to be harder than a foul at any other point in the game.
Z
[Edited by zebraman on Mar 19th, 2004 at 01:54 PM]
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I don't think that was a foul at the D-I level at any time in the game. I'm not penalizing players for going after a loose ball.
But the time definitely was a factor. Would Dayton have tried to rush and tip that ball if there was more time on the clock?