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Originally posted by caref
It's not Watergate. I will go out on a limb and say that someone is telling that officials today that he probably should ahve held his whistle. Heck, he was probably sayng the saem hing last night in the locker room. It was an ugly end to a great game. We can go round and round about making hat call with 15 minutes to go or in the first half, but when have you ever seen such a call in such a big game. A few bodies banging over a loose ball as time expires happens all the time. If I make that call and I hear the buzzer as I am sounding my whistle I waive it off and we go overtime. That game deserved overtime for everything that is great about the game. If it is a foul that changes the complexion of the play call it. If the players was foulded on the layup that she missed call it, but not the call that was made.
Advantage/disadvantage.
I will stick by my guns and say it was the wrong call at the wrong time and ruined what was otherwise a great game. I normally don't watch the woman much, but I was glued to my TV set and then to have that happen was awful.
By the wasy I didn't care who won as I said I don't watch the woman much, but
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The better question is why are fans so stupid. We asked you to come up with some reasoning, and all you can say is "it was just bad." Well if you were in college and writing a research paper on this topic, you would have to coorberate your information. All JR has asked is for you to back up your point of view. Most of us are officials, we know what happens in games on a regular basis. We know the rules and know what are not rules, like "over the back" which most of the public actually thinks is a foul.
For the record, I did not see the game either. I only saw the replay of the final seconds and I understand the rule in place because I have done some college ball. Not during a media game, but I to have some working knowledge of those "media game" rules where replay is present. And the officials handled it correct. ESPN cannot even get when the foul was called correct. They still have been telling the public that they called the foul by looking at the video tape. We just want you to back some of your information up. If you cannot do that, you just prove to us why the general public is stupid when it comes to these issues.
Peace