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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
A game that has a lot of travels in it means that the players are traveling a lot. That's all.
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Wrong, that is not all! It could also mean that the game is being over-officiated, or being called extremely tight. It could also mean that a lot of marginal travels are being called travels and the players are not really traveling. I have witness my partners, mostly new, calling the travels real tight, and most are not travels. I have also seen officials begin to call this and one leads to the next, which leads to another one, and another one and next thing you know we got a dozen traveling calls in the game. That's too many for my taste. I might begin to look the other way just to let a game develop. Remember, people don't pay to see us officiate, they pay to see a game.
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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
We don't commit violations; we just call them.
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True, but I contend there is a way to manage a game where you're not constantly interrupting it with your whistle, especially on little sh!t.
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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
Constantly missing violations is a one-way ticket to your rec leagues, Old School.
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No, calling every violation you see will get you sent back to the minor leagues quicker than you observing when and when not to interrupt the game with your whistle.