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jrut, I think you are the one going to far with this. When explaining calls originally came up in this thread, it dealt with the lwer levels of play, and then further discussed as 4th and 5th grade intramurals at a school, where there is probably little coaching and little or no opportunity to practice and explain the game. In this context, the ref must recognize his/her role as an instructor. I have never perceived a quality official that chooses to teach at this level to be weak or biased - just smart and extremely good at what they do. When I get these same refs with my high level players, they call a good game and rarely say anything extra to a player. They know the level they are reffing and behave appropriately.
How many times do we discuss on this thread how 95% of the coaches don't know the rules, especially in rec leagues? Yet you would perpetuate player misinformation and b**hing because you do not see your role as a teacher to the youth that play these games. How can you expect that coaches who will never bother to learn the rules will teach these rules properly to the children playing the game? It is unfair to the kids and a copout for a knowledgeable ref to say "not my job, make that guy who doesn't know the rules teach his kids whatever he wants." You are the sole rule authority on that court, a representative of fair play in basketball. If you care about the sport you ref, you will be an instructor as well as an arbiter for the younger players. Maybe in twenty years, you'll have taught some coaches the rules!
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