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Although you make a valid point, I am not sure I agree. B1 swings his arm trying to foul and you hear a slap. With the ref being not being able to see it ask yourself this...
-Was it B1 slapping A?
-Did B swing, miss, and hit B2?
-Did B swat and hit himself?
-Did B swat and hit ONLY A's hand that is on the ball?
-Did B slap the ball?
-Where was the ball? because if it was away and then a foul then it becomes intentional by definition.
-3 of the best players on the floor have 4 fouls, they were all near the play along with 2 others. Foul out the wrong guy everybody on team B is mad, Guess on the wrong guy team A is mad because they thought one of the starters should be gone.
And here is the biggest question of all....
-At the time of the foul how do you his partner actually saw the play and it was something he/she passed on because he/she saw the whole play and it was one of this situations described above?
I have been on the floor too many times where I saw the play clearly and my partner thought he heard something and blew the whistle and it was nothing and 75% of the fans saw it too and knew he just made it up based on the sound.
In this situation that has been desribed How would he know his partner did not see it until after the game. I know they did not blow their whistle and come togteher and say " I heard a slap did you see the foul? No I didnot see it, so is this whistle inadvertent? or do we give the kid a foul?"
I will make an assumption, the only way he knew his partner did not see it was ask after the game.
If there were video at the game which one is worse if someone reviewed it; missing the slap foul while the offender is surrounded by 4 defenders and 3 offensive players in a nice little scrum or making something up that wasnt there? THAT YOU WOULDNOT KNOW YOUR PARTNER DIDNT SEE UNTIL AFTER THE GAME. You only have one choice let it go!
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