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Originally Posted by icallfouls
Jeff, you are missing the point on this. I said in my 8-5 job I can see things from a distance that concern safety. If you are putting someone's life in danger, for you to dismiss it as merely my being too far away you are off base.
I realize this play is not a safety issue, but it is possible that the coach saw it better from a distance.
I get that you say there might have been a tip prior to contact with the arm.
What do you have if a ball is tipped away and is loose, a player reaches out and grabs the arm/jersey/leg of a player that is now positioned to secure the ball and is now no longer able to make a play for the ball?
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I cannot speak for your job. That is another issue outside of officiating. Fouls are to be called by the official in the primary area. What looks bad is not a reason to call a foul. And if contact clearly with the ball was first, there better be more than what I saw to call a foul. On the other hand if contact with the body or arm took place first, then we have a foul. I can live with that too. My point is that the player did not get knocked down and if contact was with the arm did not cause the steal, I have got nothing. Steals and blocks often have body contact of some kind. That does not make them fouls.
Peace