[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by theboys
Okay, I thought about this for awhile, and finally decided to contribute my 1 cent worth.

I've said this before, but I'm telling you, the whole idea of advantage/disadvantage just sets up referees for more criticism. I understand why you say you may not call a lane violation, devdog, but if the shooter misses the free throw after the "uncalled violation", what's the first thing you're going to hear from the coaches and fans? Right or wrong, they're going to wonder why you didn't call the violation. I mean the FT shooter may be a 30% shooter, but they're not going to see it that way.

Honestly, I understand you can't call every ticky-tack contact, etc - you have to draw the line somewhere. But, just realize, the more a referee depends on advantage/disadvantage and accumulatory contact in deciding what fouls/violations to call, the more criticism the referee is going to hear.

I think that both of mick's answers above cover it perfectly.You can let it go at a level where it is still a mainly learning/teaching process.You call it at a level where the participants know the rule.The coaches at these levels usually have a pretty fair idea of what we are doing,and why.
JMO.