We certainly get a lot of funny comments. I don't think we see it much. I've only seen a few times. I remember passing on the call two times, but my partners called a foul in both in both of these plays. I brought it up because i recently had a play where i called a charge because the player out of control and ran into two defender fairly hard. At halftime my partner said good call, she used the ball to displace the defender. I told him i didn't call it because of the ball, but it did make for an interestion topic.
Brian, i don't think intent matters when it comes to throwing the ball hard in dead ball situation. I've seen players throw the ball hard with no intent and hit an official, although it wouldn't matter if it hit another player.
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