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Originally Posted by Texas Aggie
That's NOT the reason to call it (and no, they wouldn't be right). The reason to call it is because that's what the rules are. Don't get into this idiotic mindset where we have any control over whether players are injured. We don't. In this situation, the behavior that might lead to injury is already going on, so a whistle isn't going to heal an injury. Further, calling it isn't going to prevent it in the future if that's the strategy their coach feels is in their best interest, so later, we are back to the same issue, called or uncalled. The proper thing to do is to call it because the rules say to call it, not because we care about what anyone thinks.
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The only way I agree with the injury perspective is if you don't call contact that is a foul initially, it only encourages the players to escalate the contact to a level where the official will call it. I'm not advocating calling a foul where there isn't one, and I'm not even one who advocates calling a foul just because there is contact when they are trying to foul. But, if you have contact that legitimately a foul with 3 seconds left in the game, and you let it go to try to run the clock out, you're inaction forces the fouling team to escalate their contact to attempt to draw the call.