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Originally Posted by rockyroad
I guess that's one assumption you can make. The other way to look at it is to realize that we are given definite directives by the supervisors of the conferences we work in, and by the NCAA themselves. I can only speak for supervisors that I have worked for, but the directives they gave us are exactly what I have been explaining to you. If that's "doing things my own way," so be it.
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From the NCAA casebook, A.R. 172
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A1 drives to the basket and:
(1) The referee calls a player-control foul and an umpire calls a block; or
(2) The referee calls a charge and an umpire calls a block.
(Men) …
(Women) In (1) and (2), when the officials signal simultaneously, they shall get together and agree to give the call to the official who had the play originate in his/her primary. When the officials disagree that the fouls occurred simultaneously, they shall determine which foul occurred first. Once a decision is reached, that foul is reported to the official scorer and the appropriate penalty is assessed.
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I read this precisely as you and your supervisors read it: try and determine the real action in order not to penalize the innocent.
However, a blarge is still and will ever be an officiating mistake. NCAA-W rules try to avoid charging an inexistent foul, while the other rule sets don't; in some cases the goal may not be reached, of course, but the fault is on the officials who made a mistake by signalling two different fouls on one and the same action.
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