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Originally posted by BBarnaky
When players go to the floor and we don't have a whistle it casts a doubt on our credibility and judgment, we must have a whistle!!!!
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No, we don't have to have a whistle! As you said yourself, there can be quite a bit of contact in a basketball game which looks bad but is not a foul. If no official saw the whole play, there would be no way to tell if the contact was legal/illegal and who initated it.
Do you base your other calls on expectations from the crowd? If no one sees where the shooter's foot is, and the entire arena signals "three," do you award three points? Do you call travelling because A1's drive to the basket "looks funny?" I sure as hell hope not!