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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
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Originally posted by rainmaker
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Originally posted by rainmaker
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I had a game once where the ending score was something like 66-5. The winning team was still pressing in the fourth quarter. They also developed a bad case of the travels.
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When games get out of hand and the winning team is still pressing it's funny but suddenly more fouls are called on the winning team when they press and they suddenly disappear when they stop. Don't know why that is.
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It's easy to explain -- even coaches get it although they don't always like it. It's simple advantage/disadvantage. "Coach, when your team is so much better than the other team, any contact at all gives you a tremendous advantage. So if it's illegal contact, I've got to call it. On the other hand, when the other team contacts you, they get no advantage at all. It's gotta be a real hack or slam before I call it." That's the way it is in a mis-match. [/B]
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Jmo, but I completely disagree with that whole concept, and I always have. It's not our job to impose our own personal values or beliefs into a ballgame. It's also not part of our job to become judge and jury to pass our own personal judgement on a team, and then become the executioner too. It is our job to call the game fairly and evenly, and keep it under control. What you're doing can, in no way imo, be called officiating a game fairly and evenly. Let the people who run a league decide what they think is fair or not. That's why running clocks, for example, get introduced into the rules. It's their job to make the rules; it's our job to call the rules, even the ones we don't like. If you want to loosen up or tighten up on the contact--fine- but loosen up or tighten up at both ends, not just against one team. Again, jmo. [/B][/QUOTE]
I certainly respect your opinion. However, when things get out of hand if one team keeps pouring it on no good can possibly come out of this situation. In baseball it would be called "bush". Losing team becomes frustrated and suddenly you have cheap shots. An example was my game last night. Winning team is approaching 30 point lead. Losing team was cameing close to hammering uncontested lay-ups fortunately they didn't. I've been doing this long enough that I can see the direction we are heading and I was prepared to deal with it. The winning team was pressing the whole game but midway through the third quarter the Coach called off the press and things calmed down. If I can help this process along by calling a few more fouls (fouls that normally I may or may not pass on) I'll do it. I might be able to avoid injuries, and the clock keeps running. Just my thoughts on this.