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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
2. I do believe that, at first, more fouls and violations are called with 3 officials. This is because more illegal activity is observed, especially off-ball. The teams will soon realize that this stuff is getting seen and knock it off. Then the number of calls will drop and the game will be an even cleaner one than with only 2 officials.
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Also keep in mind that in two person, you are bound to call fouls that aren't really fouls, just because we didn't get as good a look as we would in 3 person, so this will offset some of the hidden fouls that 3rd official sees too.