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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
Ok, but what if there was no other teammate anywhere on that half of the court? Similar to a play that you proposed earlier in this thread. 
My point is that officiating of plays cannot be reduced to writing in a book. A living person must observe the action on the court and use quality judgment to make whatever decision is appropriate for the given situation. That is the art of officiating. |
You could think that he had a hallucination. The point I have tried all day to make is that if you are dealing with a remotely gray area, by all means let it play out. But the fact is, the vast majority of the time, when a player starts a dribble, it bears virtually no resemblance to anything that might be construed as a pass. Having met this airtight criteria, I have no problem sounding the whistle when the ball hits the floor.