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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
That's the general position on the NCAA men's side, yet from what I've seen at camps the NCAA women's side is teaching to come together and talk about it before signaling an intentional foul.
I will express no personal opinion on this whatsoever. I'm merely relaying the information.
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To clarify some, this is USUALLY done in one of two cases. The first being that a non calling official has a good look at something that the calling official did not see for various reasons. Or the calling official has a suspicion that there was more involved than what they saw and want to get a 'second opinion' prior to reporting the foul.
The rationale given 2 explain that makes some sense. The first being it is better/easier to 'upgrade' a foul than to 'downgrade' a foul. Similar to you cant "uneject' someone. Secondly, it gives the perception that the crew is working together, that eyes were on the play and the calling official has the information they need to come to a proper decision about 'upgrading'. Further, the process is not dissimilar to an official providing additional information about an OB. Official comes in, provides info to calling official, calling official then decides whether or not to change call.
I like it, but thenagain, I am a big fan of the officiating crew having as much information as they can get. This type of foul, like some tech's IMO, is rare enough that having these quick consults warrant the 'one off' type situation being espoused.