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Thoughts from a coach
The following was posted on our state basketball's message board, thread entitled "Stop Officiating the Scoreboard!" I'll just post the OP (there are some interesting replies) for now...
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Why do some official [sic] believe that they have a right to try and even the playing surface by adjusting the play calling for the inferior opponent?
In four different games this season I was informed by 4 different officials that they were not going to make on obvious foul or travel call because, “Look at the score board!”
Do the rules of the game change just because of the number of points up on the score board?
Is this reason to allow for excessive contact by an inferior defender?
At what point does an official decide they have the right to change the rules of a game?
What this really comes down to is, why do some officials believe that they are bigger than the game?
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