[ChrisSportsFan]

Originally posted by tomegun
Chuck, I would have to disagree. We are talking about officials since that is what we are. We are there to make calls that need to be made. If we do that then we aren't interrupting the game as far as I'm concerned, we are doing our job. However, when we make a call that isn't needed or "cheap" then we interrupt the game when we shouldn't. That is the way the term has been presented to me. Keep in mind, I'm by no means the originator of this or almost any other term. I simply use the terms of those above me in whatever league/conference that may be at the time.

I guess I made some of my comments overlap and it didn't make good sense. There are too many "and one" plays. IMO, it is viewed by many to be the big play or a highlight type situation that requires some grand whistle and mechanic. If a player gets marginal contact and continues the shooting motion normally we can take a good look at the time, score and situation to possibly pass on this and let play continue. Notice I said marginal contact and the possibility that it can be passed on. I don't want to get painted into a corner and seem like I'm not going to call any plays like this. I had three of them in a game on Monday and all of them were BS in my opinion after the fact.

On a totally different note, there are times when a player has began their shooting motion and a foul is called on the floor. It doesn't matter if they go on to make the basket or not. The shooting motion starts when they start to gather the ball and so many times it should be two shots and it isn't called that. Again, this isn't some profound thing that I made up but the rules are the same for HS, college and the NBA. I heard this, to a lesser degree, a while ago on the west coast and I've heard it on the east coast too. If someone has something a different interpretation of the rule please chime in since we don't want to make a ruling like this without it being based on something in the rule book.

You got me on the punch thing even though I would consider that a fight and it has to be called all the time no matter where you are and see it on the court. Do you have any other situations where contact would always be a foul? This is pretty good.

Just last night I was in a conversation with an official that started a year before me. We discussed when A1 has gathered the ball, maybe gives a head fake and gets fouled. I explained that the player should get to go to the line and he disagreed. We then discussed when during a fastbreak situation, B1 gives A1 a handcheck around mid-court that it's best to bite you whistle as A1 will probably play thru it for his layup. You can still get that foul if he gets knocked off the ball. He again disagreed because, in his words "a foul is a foul". Then he asked to see my schedule and was upset that we work such different levels of games. All I could do is shrug my shoulders and explain to him again the importance of going to camps. To steal a term- Lah me!