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Originally Posted by Ed Maeder
Didn't see any of this but in reply to the tech. If they might have missed the first one would you not call the second one just to be consistent? That would just make two missed calls.
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Ed, that's a good comment. If the officials were to say that they simply missed the first call, then that is an explanation with which I would not have a problem and any coach would have to simply accept.
Furthermore, I would never advocate purposely failing to penalize a rule infraction because an earlier call was missed. As you note, two wrongs don't make a righht.
However, it is important for officials to have good game awareness and be cognizant of what plays have occurred and what decisions have been made so far in a contest. Regarding the grey area of unsporting behavior which involves a great deal of discretion and judgment, my position is that once a crew sets the standard for behavior in game that it should be consistently applied throughout.
It seems that UCLA has a legitimate case that it wasn't in this game.