[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by refTN

1) Breathe guys? Breathe guys? Lah me!

2) A "HIGH CERTAINTY" call? Every call we make out there had better damn well be a "HIGH CERTAINTY" call. Fouls, violations, out-of-bounds-- don't matter. We aren't supposed to blow the whistle unless we're certain about why we're blowing it. No guessing allowed. [/B]

Jurrassic I know you know this. You are just trying to be hard on me because I am young. "High Certainty" is terminology in officiating. You have CERTAINTY, HIGH CERTAINTY, 50/50 CALLS, FOOL THE REFEREE, RSBQ, and things of that sort.

I never suggested guessing, but you have to be more certain of a call at the end of a close game, than you do 3 minutes into the game.

Have you been certain every time you blew the whistle when it went OOB on your line?

Just asking the question and would like to hear the response?

Do you think a trip, elbow flick, or eye poke could be an educated guess call? Have you ever called either of the three without knowing with "High Certainty" that it happened? [/B][/QUOTE]Tn, I could care less about your age. I do care that you're using terminology that I don't think you really fully understand yet at your current level of experience. I also care if you hand out advice to other opfficials that I think is clearly wrong.

Coupla points.....feel free to ignore them....

1) You shouldn't be making any call out there unless you are absolutely certain of it. End of story. Any doubt, swallow the whistle. If I'm not certain about an OOB call on my line, then I'm going to my partner(s) to see if they can help- before I make the call.
2) Any type of foul call- trip, elbow flick, eye poke- is NEVER an educated guess. If you don't know for sure, then let it go. NEVER GUESS!!
3) It doesn't matter when a foul occurs- at the beginning or at the end of a game. You shouldn't be calling a foul anytime unless you are certain it actually is a foul.