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Originally Posted by chartrusepengui
I read many sanctamonious messages about how sacred "certain" rules are and if someone does not call them a certain way - they are misinformed, 2nd rate officials.
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You haven't read anything like that from me, so let's not start down that road. In fact, I haven't looked back over the whole thread, but I don't recall seeing any posts like that at all.
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Don't call the rules if you don't want to but please don't tell me I am mistaken.
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Well, I said at the very beginning of this discussion that I am unable to convince you if you disagree with me. But you are, in fact, mistaken. Sorry.
4 seconds left in a varsity game. Team A trails by 2. A1 is fouled and awarded a 1-and-1. As he rises to the balls of his feet to release his first free throw, the toe of his sneaker touches the edge of the free throw line. I submit to you that if you call that violation and essentially end the game in that situation that you simply don't understand what's important in the game of basketball. That toe barely touching the edge of that line has nothing to do with the game and should not be called a violation.
And I know that a college assignor would kill you for calling it. A high school assignor might not kill you, but I bet you'd get a phone call explaining the facts of life in no uncertain terms.