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Originally posted by crazy voyager
good official:
Know the rules: never ever show the teams or audince you're unsure, and if you don't know, blow the jump ball, I've done this on occasions when I'm unsure, the teams usually both protest, but if you explain that I have a split second to choose, defending foul or offensve travelling, I've been in this situation (my last game acctually) and blew a jump ball. Both protested and then realised that, "gee I'm lucky I didn't make a turnover or foul" and acceppt it, and also, if you are to do this. Be polite but firm, never alter something like this. Don't begin with a jumpball to insted alter it to a travell. even if you might have figured out it should be a traveling call.
This became a long post so I'll make a summary:
know the rules, ....
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If I'm reading you right, you're saying "know the rules" and
then deliberately misapply them.
Gotta be the worst advice for an official in any sport that I've read in a long while.
Jmo, cv, but if you aren't sure of a call, the best thing to do is
NOT make a call. And deliberately making a
wrong call with the intent of keeping both teams happy instead of getting the call
right isn't really the epitome of good officiating.
You may want to re-think your philosophy. It's completely wrong. Terrible advice.