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Originally posted by davidw
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Originally posted by TimTaylor
What Mark said.......
And yes, I have called a multiple foul...once in the last 5 years. The requirements for a true multiple foul are pretty tight & rarely occur - usually one player clearly fouls before the other, which makes the ball dead and any subsequent contact is ignored unless it is judged intentional or flagrant.
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Again, out of curiosity, at what level did you call that multiple foul and additionally, how was it received by coach, fans, partner(s) and any other in attendance witnessees?
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Freshman boys, both pretty good teams. The situation was similar to what Jurassic postulated...end of game situation, A down by one. A1 gets a pass at the elbow, turns & shoots - B1 & B2 both going hard at A1 from opposite sides sandwich him between them as he's taking the shot at what appeared to be the exact same instant. They were sorta trying for the block, and the contact wasn't quite severe enough to call the intentional or flagrant, so I went with the multiple instead. Basket was good (how I'm still not quite sure.....), putting A up by one.
Obviously when I reported it coach B wanted an explanation so I quickly got both coaches together & briefly explained the call - took maybe 15 seconds. Their response was basically "Oh, OK..." My partner was a first year - only his 5th or 6th game. He looked a little confused, so I told him to just trust me, then we administered the two free throws (one for each foul). A1 missed both & B got the rebound, but couldn't get a shot off in time.
Afterwards in the locker room I dug out the books & went over it with my partner.
As for the fans & any other nonparticipants in the gym, I don't pay any attention to them and couldn't care less how they perceived it.