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I am a 4th year official and had a situation where I was the lead and my 20 year plus veteran official was on the trail. It was late in the 4th qtr with Team B holding a slim lead. A1 was inbounding the ball on the baseline and passed it to A2 on the baseline who attempted a short jump shot with B2 standing with his hands straight up and the only contact made if any was initiated by A2. The trail official calls a foul on B2 and it was clearly not a foul directly in front of me. The player B2 looks at me and gives me the what did I do wrong look and I wanted tell him nothing but of course you never sell out on your partner. If I had made that out of area call he would have been upset! The play never affected the outcome of Team B winning the game. I never said anything to the other official after the game but it bugged me the rest of the evening. How does a official handle issues like this in an association known as the "Good Old Boys"?
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