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I'll go with the definition of a game interrupter as a call that someone disagrees with but is either not sure why or is too lazy to figure out why. It's not an awfully bad terribly hideous call, it's a call that for some reason just doesn't sit well with the person making the observation. IOW it's what we used to call a cop out - a word that really doesn't say what we mean. If it's your partner making the observation then it's a call that he won't call at a later point for crew consistency... IOW he's gonna hang you out to dry rather than make the same potentially borderline call he might disagree with. If it's your assigner then it's a call that he fears might get a coach thinking he needs to call him and complain about. Again, not awfully bad but a just sorta kinda borderline call that a damn good referee would never make because he knows better. And what he knows better is to not make calls his partners won't have the guts to back him up on or calls that may get him a call from the boss.
So if someone tells you your call was a game interrupter then do as JR does: ask why. And don't take "because" as an answer.
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