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Old Mon Mar 29, 2004, 08:27pm
Mark Dexter Mark Dexter is offline
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Re: why do we as officials go so defensive?

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Originally posted by caref
If I make that call and I hear the buzzer as I am sounding my whistle I waive it off and we go overtime.
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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.
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Advantage/disadvantage.

So which one is it?

Forget the question of whether or not it's a foul. Assume the contact is clearly a foul.

If you have a foul clearly before the buzzer, but wave it off because the score is tied, you are putting the fouled team at a HUGE disadvantage, you are giving all refs a bad name, and you need to get some chutzpah.
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