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Old Wed Feb 21, 2007, 03:00pm
Jurassic Referee Jurassic Referee is offline
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Originally Posted by drinkeii
Explain to me what justifies your decision to not call things because you "don't want to" or "don't feel its justified", even though the rules say you should.
Your basic premise is completely wrong from the git-go. The rules do NOT say that you should call a foul just because there is contact. A foul, by rules definition, is illegal contact with an opponent. It is always up to the calling official on each and every play to judge whether the contact is legal or illegal. The rules book tries to help our judgment skills by giving us examples of legal and illegal contact.

All you've been saying is that contact is illegal according to your judgment. Other officials obviously may judge differently, using their judgment.

Last edited by Jurassic Referee; Wed Feb 21, 2007 at 03:02pm.
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