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Originally Posted by zebraman
...as referees go higher and higher in their level and ability, they take additional things into consideration when calling a game...
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Not taking a dig at zebraman here, but I think this more often works the other way around. Officials get to work higher levels as they learn to take additional things into consideration at the level they are currently working. YMMV
One of my mentors who works at a higher level than I has pointed out a similar consideration to what the clinician was saying. As an official your games will go better when you are aware of when a team/coach "needs a call." We strive to call the game objectively, but it's played very subjectively. That sometimes creates a "culture clash" between the officials and the participants; sometimes it can feel like the officials are just piling on. Unwarrated? Yes. Reality? To that frustrated team, yes. Not our problem? I think there's room for some discussion there.
Is it really "throwing a bone" to the losing team if there was an obvious foul and you call it? Even if you have been passing on similar all game? At the end of an obviously decided game is our goal still the same as when we started the game?
In my experience during blowouts you usually reach a point where the best thing for everybody involved is for the game to end, quietly. If a "bone" helps the losing team take their *** kicking quietly, that works for me.
Just my $0.02