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Originally Posted by Smitty
You can only try to help prevent players from committing infractions - you cannot prevent them from doing anything.
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So what would you like to call it? "Trying to helping preventing officiating"? Jeez.
If my voice makes a light bulb go on over a kid's head, that's preventive. If my voice doesn't help and the kid commits the infraction, then it's not preventive and I have to go to the penalty.
The penalty is NEVER preventive, because it's applied AFTER the infraction. If you PREVENT the infraction, you don't need the penalty.
Writing a speeding ticket is not preventive law enforcement. A state trooper driving in the middle lane at 65 mph is preventive law enforcement. Just by being there, s/he is preventing most people from speeding.