[pizanno]

Point taken about agreeing with Bilas' statement. Although again, it needs context. I don't think I'm advocating that OOB calls should be ignored.

Let me put it this way:

* Have you ever "saved a foul"? Isn't that ignoring a OOB call (on top of nonfoul call)?

* Have you ever "overlooked" A1 with a toe over the endline while inbounding the ball in the backcourt to A2 while all other 8 players are in the forecourt?

* Have you ever "ignored" the coach clearly standing out of his/her box during live ball who is merely coaching?

* When two players foul an opponent at the same time, have you ever called a mulitple foul and penalized each defender with a foul, or just picked one player?

While we may disagree on the GEO/NOVA sitch, I was trying to raise the merits to the "common sense" perspective in response to the "it's a rule, so you have to call it" argument.

Of course, none of my supes or vets will agree with me here...mostly because they say only losers spend their days arguing in cyberspace and they wouldn't be caught dead publicizing their opinions in any forum, let alone a discussion board.