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Originally Posted by JRutledge
Exactly.
I will say this again as I have said it before. I love how people are sitting at home on their couch, and they can call the game better with a DVR, then a beer in their hand. There is no doubt that travels are missed in these games, but we miss them to at all levels. At least some of these travels are things that look funny and we only know by a replay. I see officials often call travels on things that looked funny similar to the things BillyMac posts on this site (you do not need to do it again Billy  ). To say they simply ignore traveling is not only false, but not accurate considering there were several called in the tournament.
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I did say that there were several called and at least 40% of the ones called that I saw were wrong not counting the travels that when uncalled. When I first started playing in college, our coach would bring in officials to officiate practice and answer questions. I can still remember what one of the officials (a final four official) said: "If it looks funny, it will get called."
To me that's lazy and unfair to the players. I can't even count the times I heard officials at camp say - Don't let traveling be your best call. To me there should be no difference between the ability to properly adjudicate violations and fouls. What's the point of being able to judge contact on a play if traveling occurs 1st?