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Originally Posted by RonRef
When you talked to him after the game what did he say that he saw? Was the foul marginal or was it a foul you thought you saw? I have worked games when I am the lead and there is a drive from the wing and there is contact right in front of me on the backside and I can't see a thing because the play blows up on you and the Trail comes in with a great help call. The play was three feet in front of me and an officials from 20 feet with a better look comes in and gets the call.
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He said what any official in that situation would probably say, "hey, no problem." It's been a few years ago, but I don't think he remembered the play when I brought it up after the game.
The contact was a hit on the arm. Not a major slap, but enough that I was sure it affected the shot. But since it was right in front of him, maybe I didn't see what I thought I saw. Maybe he saw the entire play and thought that it didn't affect the shot. Or maybe he thought the contact occurred after the shot was gone.
The point is that I had no business looking there and I caused a problem by reffing out of my area and conveying to everyone that my partner wasn't completely trusted by the crew. Bad Zebraman!
In the play you referred to above, the foul that happened in front of you is the trail's call (any drive out of the T or C's area going right to the hoop is theirs to take all the way). And plays in front of you might often be in the T's secondary coverage area too. The C has no business looking outside the far lane line.
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