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Old Thu Jan 04, 2007, 03:01pm
Raymond Raymond is offline
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JRutledge
This is the exact quote from the OPer.

"I am C and have A1 with the ball right in front of me defended by B1. B1 swats at the ball and apparently pokes A1 in the eye which I do not see."
and here was my exact response: "I've had this situation before. If you realize it fast enough you can come with a late whistle for a foul. Still, some will say if you don't actually see the foul you can't call it.

The 2 or 3 times I've come with a late foul whistle no one has ever complained."


I fail to see any cohersive tone to my response.


Quote:
Originally Posted by JRutledge
Unlike many people here I would not be offended or upset by those words. If you have worked with people across the country like I have at camps, you will realize that people do not have the same philosophies from one state to another or even one level to another. The only people that seemed to have a problem with the "regional thing" are the people that are on this board. Oh well, I digress.
Luckily I am blessed to work for a supervisor who is a Big Ten/Final Four official, so I have been exposed to the Midwest flavor also.
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