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Originally Posted by ChuckElias

But there's the contradiction, Tom. You want the T to take it to the basket if it starts with the T. But then you want the preliminary to come from the L. Can't have it both ways, IMHO. That's a perfect recipe for the blarge.

If you tell the Trail to take it all the way to the basket, you have to let the Trail take that bang-bang call and make the Lead hold off on it. That's a very hard thing to do.

It used to be that everybody agreed -- if the contact happens in the L's primary, then it's the L's call. It didn't matter where the play originated. But now a lot of guys have adopted the NBA philosophy of letting a guy stay with the play all the way to the basket, if it starts in front of him.

So for me, the bottom line is exactly what Ignats said. You have to pre-game this and ask how it's going to be handled.

Of course you have to pregame it Chuck. However, what you said is not the NBA philosophy for a block/charge call. When was the last time you saw a NBA official call a block/charge at the hoop from the T? They don't because they have the circle, which the Trail often can't see, that determines whether it is possible to have a block charge. Plays that are fouls up high are often called by the T in a NBA game though. So there is no contradiction; a block charge is not going to happen up high so the L will normally be in a better position to officiate the play.