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Originally Posted by Camron Rust
This may or may not be one of those times but every once in a while, the right call is not the correct call.
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Many officials have expressed similar thoughts, so I'm not trying to target you specifically here, but that kind of double-speak is not only unhelpful, but also counterproductive as it only serves as a way to rationalize not making the tough call.
The truth is that the right call and the correct call are always one and the same. They are in fact precisely what the NFHS rules book prescribes.
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Originally Posted by Camron Rust
Sometimes, just sometimes, the call needs ot fit the act.
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Yep, and that couldn't be more true in this case. In an instance such as this in which a player recklessly runs into an opposing shooter so long after the release of the ball that it has actually passed completely through the basket, the harsh penalty of a technical foul for the unneccessary and late, deadball contact is fully appropriate.
Officials who don't properly to penalize such contact are failing to put an end to the rough play that currently plagues the game. The stern penalties are designed to get the players to change their overly physical tactics and instead contest the game with grace and skill.
I would encourage all officials to be strong and do as the NFHS continues to urge in a POE concerning rough play that is published year after year--CLEAN UP THE GAME!