Thread: Held Ball/Foul
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Old Tue Jan 10, 2006, 12:47pm
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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
I posted my opinion. It's a middle school youth game. The action put a player on the floor and also out of the game. If you disagree that the act was unsporting, so be it. That's your opinion.

JR...I'm getting in late on this one.

But, I'm with you. If we are going to error...I'm going to error on the side of protecting middle school players.
Evidently, the other official, in this game, saw it the same as JR and I.

Middle school players need to STOP on the whistle...the extra-curricular activity that follows these situations is what gets players hurt. The foul call by the official... that was actually there and saw the play...reinforces the idea of stopping play, or being ready to stop play, on the whistle. Just my opinion.
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