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Originally posted by Nevadaref
I have only heard the philosophy that Colbrese is espousing from women's college officials and assignors. In my opinion and the that of the rules book, he is flat-out wrong.
For example, what if two players are running down the court side-by-side well away from the ball and the other eight players when their feet become tangled and both fall to the floor? Do you have a foul or perhaps a double foul?
I have even been told by a women's college official that if a dribbler steps on the foot of a stationary defender and falls to the floor his conference assignor wants a foul called on the defense.
I think that is garbage. This is basketball and it can at times be quite fierce and players will sometimes get hurt from legal contact. Calling the game in such a way that you turn it into something other than it is, is a farce.
No wonder all the Washington teams that come down here complain about how physical the game is.
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Like I said, I only heard about it in reference to block/charge. I don't think it was meant for all scenarios, especially not the one you brought up.
As far as a physical game.... the NFHS thinks the high school game is too physical also. Once again, if officials were calling the game the way the NFHS intended it to be, physical play would not be a POI so often and state directors would not feel that they needed to make statements like that. This was a reaction to the way we (in general) officials are calling the game. Mr. Colabrese used to be a darn good official himself. He would not make statements like these unless he saw things being called incorrectly again and again.
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[Edited by zebraman on May 26th, 2004 at 11:35 AM]