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Originally Posted by icallfouls
OK, try this on for the sake of consistency. The game changes on a continual basis. Substitutions, style of play, score, foul count etc. How about a situation where players are getting frustrated and are starting to get chippy. Most of the crews I have had the priviledge of working with, will address it by saying we need to tighten it up. So according to you they are not being consistent because they have had to change the way the game needs to be called.
What if a team is fouling to get back into the game? You are definitely not calling the same contact late as you did early. We are charged with judging contact within the context of the game at that particular moment.
We have all been in games similar to the situation here and dealt with it differently. If the teams have been killing each other all night, we might make a call with slightly less contact, if the teams have been playing great all night, we might let more contact go.
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What's not being understood here is that by saying that your trying to stay consistent you are already admitting that your not. I agree with you completely. How often do you see games that start out with tic-tac fouls and eventually loosen up..or just the opposite. Officials are adapting to styles of play and that won't always allow you to call the first 10 minutes like you do the last 10, much less the last 10 seconds.