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Originally posted by BktBallRef
I agree. It's not the lead's call because you have no business looking there anyway. That's why you don't make it. If you're lead and there's a BC violation that your partner doesn't call, are you going to call that too?
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If the offensive player who throws or last touches the ball before it goes into the backcourt is in the lead's primary area (say on the lead's side down in the corner of the endline and sideline, diagonally opposite from the trail) where the trail "has no business looking" how is the trail going to call a backcourt violation if the offensive team is the first to touch in the backcourt? The answer is that he was looking in the lead's area! So it goes both ways.
Now if the trail is my partner and doesn't make this call because he does not know where the ball came from or is unsure who touched it last, you bet I am going to come out and make this call. Of course, we should come together and discuss it, but I am not going to just let it go simply because the officials manual says backcourt should be called by the trail.
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Originally posted by NevadaRef
If it had happened with 30 seconds left in a very close ballgame, I'm calling this from the lead and he can deal with it.
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Originally posted by BktBallRef
Bad idea.
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I believe that it is even worse if I don't make the call in this situation and it determines the outcome of the game.
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Originally posted by Rockyroad
Lead better not make that call since he/she shouldn't be looking up there, and if you won't make the call in the first quarter - why would you make it in the last 30 seconds???????
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With the comment about this happening in last 30 seconds, I was trying to draw a distinction between what I felt was a relatively minor oversight on the part of the trail official and what could be a gamebreaker if the trail misses it?
I don't think that we should screw some team just because of the proper mechanic. Many of the responses have said to get the call right.
Now I don't make a habit of watching my partner's area, nor do I take his check after the game.
But I happened to see this one.
I really believe that these kids and coaches have worked too hard and dedicated too much of their time, for me to not step up and make the right call in a gamebreaker situation, even if I have to step on someones toes.
I would not sleep well if I had knowledge of the play and did nothing.
The main reason that I posted this thread was to get some feedback about this vets overbearing attitude, and my response to it, which in this case caused me to ignore this violation.
Maybe next time he could miss something a lot more major, like a punch, in his area. For the betterment of those whom he officiates and officiates with, should someone tell him that he is out-of-line with his demand not to call his area?
Or should I just demand that he doesn't miss anything there!
[Edited by Nevadaref on Dec 20th, 2002 at 05:46 AM]