reply to UK/GT travel call
I did see the play and the replay twice. The UK player (A1) with posession dribbled, then stopped his dribble (first mistake). Then, like a deer in headlights, saw a GT defender following closely to a UK teamate - the UK player (A1) stuck out his back end and made contact with the defender who was passing by. The collision caused the offensive player (A1) to fall to the floor. While falling or at the point of contact on the floor, he (A1) released the ball and created a dribble on the left side of his body and then held the ball. The official was standing on the right side of the player and probably didn't see the dribble while on the floor (the live camera shot was blocked as well and the dribble wasn't observed until the replay showed it from a different angle), but it didn't matter since he (A1) already suspended his dribble prior to falling down and when he fell to the floor due to the contact he initiated himself he traveled. I liked the call because something had to be called and it was the most obvious call to make in that situation. He could have called the GT player with a foul for the contact but that would have been pandimonium.
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