[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

1) If the calling official made a mistake when reporting the player who committed the foul to the Official Scorer, the calling official can change his mistake at any time. This is a mistake by an official and is not a correctable error.

2) If you thought that the calling official made a mistake when reporting the foul, intead of talking to the head referee (as you called him, and if indeed he was the head referee his correct designation is Referee), you should have talked with the calling the offical (an idiot you called him, but most likely the Umpire if his partner is the Referee).

3) The calling official is the only person who can change the player who committed the foul, not his partner or partners (even if his partner is the Referee) and ESPECIALLY NOT YOU. The offical (in your next game) who told you that you, the Officail Scorer, can change the player on your own initiative is WRONG. The Official Scorer does not have the authority to change the book because he thinks the calling official is wrong.

4) The comments that the Referee made to you about believing you are correct and that his partner was incorrect was unprofessional and unethical. And as a member of the IAABO Visualization and Education Committee I hope that he was not a member of IAABO because he has disgraced the officiating profession.

5) And likewise, the official in the game you had the next night, was equally unprofessional and unethical in making the comments he made to you conerning the calling official in the previous game.

6) You do NOT know diddly squat about officiating basketball. I do not know where you live but you need to take a course in basketball officiating so that you will learn how absolutely little you know. And one of the cardinal rules of the officiating profession is to not make public criticisms of an official whether you are an offical in the sport or an official in another sport.


I work very hard at getting officials to be treated in an ethical and professional manner as well getting officials to conduct themselves in an ethical and professional manner. You have a lot to learn.