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Originally posted by jbduke
Okay, I've had to do some calisthenics to clear my head to make sure I'm alright. Here goes. I agree with JR.
We make decisions all the time that could be framed as "penalizing someone for their size," one way or another.
a 5'9" point guard goes plowing into the lane, and knows that he is going to have contact with the huge center. The PG blows in, jumps hard, absorbs the contact from the center, who barely budges, bounces off of it and converts the lay-up. Play on, no questions from anybody.
Same scenario, except instead of the big center, it's another guard. This guard gets absolutely mowed down. Player control, no questions from anybody.
Did we penalize the center in the first play for being big, since we didn't call the PC? Or did we penalize the point guard in the second play because he chose to crash into a small guy rather than a big one? The answer is neither. We refereed the plays.
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Ever heard of the term advantage/disadvantage?
My question still stands. If this happened and the whistle had not blown, would you still have a T?
What if the player had not fallen?
The player did nothing wrong, as long as this was a simple continuation of a play that started before the whistle blew. It's an overreaction and it's over officious.