[gordon30307]

Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser

It's to handle the situation where two Ref's use poor mechanics when a double whistle occurs and neither one wants to back off. It's a way to cover your a**. [/B]

Congratulations, Gordon. I've seen NCAA officials who have worked Final Fours be involved in blarges. I've seen it happen to officials that were regarded as some of the all-time greats of our avocation. It's nice to know that there's one official in the country that it would never happen to. Yup, gordon30307. Maybe you could offer your services to the NCAA. You know, go around to all of the conferences and teach their officiating staffs how to avoid blarges. [/B][/QUOTE]

The three things that Gordon isn't mentioning are:

(1) Primaries do meet up at certain places on the floor
(2) SOME block/charge decisions are close enough so that different angles may have different views of the play
(3) Officials are human

I have no problem with calling the AP as per the case book. However, I don't think one necessarily needs to stick with the AP if one of the officials is able to add additional information that can bring the crew to a consensus.

Hell, I pointed the wrong way on an out of bounds call last night because I missed a tip on the far side of the court. The trail helped me out and gave me additional information. Nothing FORCED me to keep my original call in this situation. [/B][/QUOTE]