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Put me in that first camp. If I know a team is trying to foul, I'm not going to make them chop the opponent's arm off before I crack the whistle.
Sure there has to be contact, but if they are trying to foul and I let some contact go, the next foul attempt is quite likely going to be a serious hatchet job.
I've seen a good game deteriorate into some ugly end-of-game frustration in that case when officials have not called the first contact. That being said, I've also seen officials anticipate contact in this situation and blow their whistle on a clean steal. Be quick, but don't anticipate a certain foul.
At a time-out in a game like that, I normally tell my partners something like this: "We aren't going to make anything up, but since we know the defense is going to make contact if they don't get a quick steal, call it!"
Z
[Edited by zebraman on Oct 25th, 2005 at 11:52 PM]
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