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Originally Posted by zebraman
Brad,
I have done the same thing for calls that get passed on. But what I'm talking about here is officials who call something that isn't there. I was just wondering if they don't know the rule or if they are making the "popular call."
As you well know, moving the feet without control of the ball just is not a travel just like a high dribble isn't palming. Calling it a travel at the highest levels just propagates the myth and makes it harder for officials who call it right.
Z
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I very much agree - I worked with a partner once who didn't know the rules - he told me pointblank that he called traveling because it looked wrong. I've been with several guys who have called high dribbles as a carry in the last couple of weeks, and one guy who called a person who dove on the ball and slid a few feet for a travel.
These are very much the kinds of things which propagate the myths that surround the game.
Sometimes I think the only people who actually know the rules are the refs!