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Originally posted by Nevadaref
Quote:
Originally posted by Kostja
If a contact occurs with the assumed intention to stop the clock, call it regadless of advantage/disadvantage, so it is not necessary to repeat contact with higher intensity.
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The flip side of that method is that you are putting the team with the ball at a disadvantage by calling small contact a foul, stopping the clock, and forcing them to shoot FTs. The team who is ahead is passing the ball around and trying to AVOID being fouled so that the clock will continue to run and you advocate the referee coming in and helping the defense stop that clock!?!?
As well-intentioned as your philosophy is, it sounds like you are helping the team that is behind.
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First of all, I don't think it is a disadvantage to put a team on the line. Every team will try to put the ball in the hands of its best freethrow shooter at the end of games, right? It still gives the players the opportunity to decide the outcome of the game, and as a bonus, nobody gets hurt!
But maybe, I just missed a couple of words here ;-) :
If a contact occurs that could be called as a foul, call it regadless of advantage/disadvantage, so it is not necessary to repeat contact with higher intensity.