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Originally Posted by Texas Aggie

Frankly, this is just dumb. For one thing, its clear what the rule is. For another, they aren't going to get mad unless you are TRYING to fit some situation into a rule that doesn't belong there, OR, are injecting yourself into the flow of the game for no good reason. Finally, who the hell cares? If you referee by trying to keep coaches from getting mad at you, you can't be very good.

In this case, a clear foul was called by one official, and the other one comes in and says he too has a foul. One official reports both fouls (I would suggest this for simplicity sakes. Probably the worst thing that will happen is one or both coaches has the palms up wanting an explanation, which is easy: "Coach, I had a foul against number __ and he had a foul at the same time against ___. By rule, this is a simultaneous foul and we go to the POI."

The coach(es) may ask about picking one or the other, but just say, "no, this is clearly covered in the rules."

However, you will be surprised at number of officials who will make any excuse to not call something out of the ordinary, even when it would be the proper call. I guess that it makes them too uncomfortable or that they fear a negative reaction from the coaches.