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Welpe
"Two players ran full speed into each other at half court while going after a loose ball. They came from different directions and I deemed it incidental."
I had two bad crashes like above last week. I mean they were the kind where the crowd goes silent. After the second one, ball is secured by opposing team and I'm running down the court to the lead position and since the gym was still quiet from collision, I hear from the stands, "well they were both going for the ball" (amazing, I felt like bowing down to the fan who said that) No coach or spectator said anything negative about the crashes, but the crashes were about the worst ones I've ever seen! Big kids too, 200 pounds plus, both fairly athletic. I think you made the right call, even when its ugly, real ugly, sometimes its a no call. What goes through my mind on these collisions is. "Dang, I hope nobody got hurt!"
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