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Originally posted by Goose
I would also agree that in the near future, something will be done, because it needs to be done, concerning un-intentional fouls at the end of a game to merely stop the clock and put the team at the line. Clearly, many of these fouls should be intentional, but I've not met many that would or do call it that way including myself. I often wonder why we as officials do not call more of these types of fouls intentional instead of just common fouls when it is clear they are indeed intentional. Many don't even involve a player with the ball either. Oh well, more rambling.
goose
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At our association meeting last night, someone asked the question about how the association wants us to call intentional fouls at the end of the game. The commissioner/assignor made it very clear that if the coach is verbally telling their players to foul and then a player grabs/pushes/holds with no attempt to play the ball, he wants us to call the intentional foul. He also said that if the player made an attempt to play the ball and fouled, it should not be considered an intentional foul.
I have called one intentional foul this season at the end of the game like this. Luckily the kid made it an easy call for me because he basically tackled the kid with the ball. But it's a tough one to make in one of those borderline situations - that's why they pay us the big bucks, I guess.
