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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
With all due respect, I never did say that it should be called under all circumstances. Actually, I personally believe that they shouldn't be called under all circumstances. The circumstances will predicate whether the call needs to be made, not whether that call will interrupt the game in any way or not. I don't have a problem with the terminology; I do have a problem with the different interpretations of the terminology.
My point was there seems to be all kinds of different interpretations of what a "game interrupter" actually is. One official's "game interrupter" might be another official's "necessary call".
My biggest problem with the "game interrupter" appellation is that it is used to cover too many situations where it might not be applicable, and it is also being used to justify a failure to call obvious fouls and violations in the holy name of "game flow". I've asked officials why they let a coach get away with pounding a wall, and I've got that "game interrupter" response.I just don't think that a hard and fast rule can be made re: what is a game interrupter and what isn't. What might be a game interrupter in one game might be necessary call to keep order in another game.
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Do people take a philosophy or a mechanic too far? Of course they do. There are a lot of philosophies I have seen over the years where people apply to too many situations. But I also do not think that everyone that says a situation is a game interrupter that they are evil either. Does that philosophy apply here? I think that applies to each situation. It is really easy to sit behind a computer screen and referee a game. I just think that sometimes we cannot just dismiss every point of view simply because there are people that might take that philosophy too far at times. Just like anything else officials can get in trouble if they do the wrong things. If officials do not call an obvious violation in a game this in my opinion would apply to me as doing the wrong thing. But even the word "obvious" has different meanings to different people. After all this is not an exact science either.
Peace