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Originally Posted by Ignats75
Preventative Refereeing was taught to us in referees school four years ago. My assignors like to see it. Its stressed at our association meetings. Again, I'm not sure why this is such a big deal.
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Well, shucks....
Yes, preventative officiating can be useful, but it is not always easy to be fair.
I can stand on the endline and tell a player to get his hands off, to get outa the lane, to let go of the jersey instead of making a call. Then, I can go to the other end and not have to say a word because the other team is well- schooled and disciplined. In this instance, I have now disadvantaged the better team, the better coached team, because I am reminding the lesser team of different rules.
With few seconds left, I can remind a defender what "not" to do, but now I have probably put the offense at a disadvantage because:
The offense probably will not be defending with few seconds left and,
I have just suggested to the defense a way to avoid a penalty which would award the offense.
Indeed, preventative officiating sounds great, but if we use it, we must assure fairness.