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I like to say that there is an "art" to refereeing. While there is responsibility to the techinicality of the rules of the sport, there is also the social aspect of promoting the sport. If it should benefit the players, it is the leniency shown by judgment of the referee as attributed as wisdom. Hence we say we bend the rules.
As a player, there are many fundamental skills to ball handling that the rules are not applicable to. Yet, from a referee's viewpoint, it has to be black and white, either one thing or another. Minor paperwork error...no problem. Ugly-dirty play action...no problem. Blurry furious ball handling...no problem. Spectacular saving catastrophe...no problem. We don't need to always penalize the participants of the sport. We should promote the spirit of sportsmanship, allow the players to compete their game against each other and not against the referee corp.
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