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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
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Originally posted by JugglingReferee
My post above should have read, "Usually it's nothing, but if it's near the end of the game and B needs the ball because they're losing, and A did block B's attempt to make a play on the ball, I don't want to miss anything." I know that is good advice at any time, though.
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Again, if you're gonna call it at the end of the game, then why ignore it for the other 95% of the game? That t'aint very consistent. What's your answer gonna be when a coach says sumthin' like "You didn't call that in the first 31 minutes of the game. Why are you calling it now?"
Imo, it's just like any other call. Either call it consistently or no-call it consistently, but don't try and pick-and-choose when you're gonna call it.
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Woody, I expected a response like that from someone else.
Saying that "...I don't want to miss anything" doesn't mean that a foul
will be called. It means that an official sees the play as he should - that he's in proper position, and makes the call that
is correct. Whether it be a foul or not. In my mind, not calling a foul is a call just as calling a foul is a call.
You know me better than that. If you think that I'm the type of referee that only comes up with a call like that in the last minute of the game, then please come watch me referee a game.
It has been about 5 years, hasn't it?
But you're right - it is just like any other call. To me, it simply exists or doesn't exist. I feel that it's a foul that should exist more, in all 32 minutes. That's all I'm saying.
PS: 1 minute of the game is 3.125%, not 5%. :P