Wed May 18, 2005, 01:30am
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Originally posted by mplagrow
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Originally posted by wisref2
Had similar situation in a game. Happened to be Special Olympics but that doesn't matter. Foul with 1 second left and the player made both throws to win. A parent later told me that refs shouldn't determine the outcome. I told him that if I called the foul, I determined the outcome. And if I didn't call it, I determined the outcome by giving the defense an unfair advantage. He just laughed and said he'd never thought of it that way.
You're going to get booed anyway, so get booed for doing the right thing.
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That's a peeve of mine, being told that refs shouldn't decide the game. The players decide the game, period. You have to call the rules correctly, without regard for the affect on the outcome of the game.
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The players decided the real outcome. The refs just called attention to the reality.
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