[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

1) In my area, we simply tell out officials to call fouls that are fouls, without worrying about who the "star" is. It ain't the NBA. Obviously, that's different than your area.

2) Of course you should know excess TO requests. The scorer is supposed to tell you when a team has taken it's last TO. That's the whole object of that particular rule.

1. Now you're not comparing apples to apples. You've neglected to say what you tell your officials when two people attack the ball and both seemingly commit a foul. Do you tell your officials to "pick one"? Which person? The taller one? The shorter one?
2. The scorer usually does tell me when a team has used their last timeout, because I do pre-game this with them. However, I've been at this long enough to also mentally keep track (most times ) of how many TOs have been used. So, when those times come that the scorer doesn't let me know (the scorers in my home board are not perfect), I "ask" them how many TOs remain. Sometimes I'm wrong, but usually I'm right. Having said that, my achilles heel is that darned arrow. I still use the silly whistle in my pocket trick.