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Originally posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
The first thing I have to say, is that officials have no business protecting a star player from fouling out of a game. That is not the job of the game officials.
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100% correct. Any official that tries to do otherwise is way off base.
However, MP, it sounds like you might not allow the possiblity that maybe your partners are just giving you information. What you choose to do with that information is up to you. When one of my partners tells me this, I have taken it as a reminder to make sure I call the obvious. On both ends. Sure, I should be doing it all game, but sometimes the mind wanders (i.e. thinking about fishnet stockings) and the reminder brings thing back into focus. But do you allow the possibility of some rare game-management type situations where knowing this info could help? MTD's example is an excellent one, as well as TerpZebra's. It not about protecting players, but it is more about game management.