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Old Tue Apr 08, 2008, 07:23am
bob jenkins bob jenkins is offline
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
As near as I can tell, a "game interrupter" usually occurs when someone happens to disagree with a call that you just made.
While there is certainly some of that in there, I think of it as "too literally following the written rule and not the spirit-and-intent of the rule."

Or, "not properly applying A/D to the call"

Or, "being a plumber."

And, yes, it can be used as a crutch for not making a call, and, yes, the pendulum can swing too far to that side.
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