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Originally posted by Robmoz
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Originally posted by Camron Rust
...The point is that the contact early wasn't as rough. However, it later became apparent that the team that was losing was only getting rougher until you called it. So, if we didn't now call the formerly acceptable contact a foul they would only play rougher until we did. It's not about how tight/loose we started or consistency. It was about a team that wasn't trying or able to play basketball and was taking out their frustration on the opponents.
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This is my point, why was it formerly acceptable and later it is called? I am just trying to call the same foul in the first minute that I call in the last minute. As rainmaker posted, "it's the players that changed, not the officials".
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The earlier contact was not hindering the opponents from performing their movements. Thus, it could be ignored. However, in this game, the losing team ultimately lost their heads and would make the contact harder and harder until we called it...then requiring that we call it. It was no longer incidental contact. The players did change and we did too.