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ok...so let's imagine you are the "league director", and someone approaches you to explain how one of the ref's mis-applied a rule (a simple BC violation)....what are you going to do with that info................................(can u hear the crickects & birds chirping here?)...............nothing.
i am of the mindset that you "promote what you permit".
therefore, during a TO when the official was standing @ the scorers table attempting some idle chit-chat (as I was serving as the official scorer for my daughters game), i ASKED the question ("what did you see.....") about the play that didn't involve anyone i know or are related to......
clearly he doesn't know the rule. he will NEVER know the rule unless someone says something to him (it certainly won't be the "director" or whoever)....
it is my experience that the lower the level you go - NBA, NCAA, HS, etc. - the less likely officials are able to understand/apply the rules correctly AND the more sensitive they are to anyone pointing out rules-based errors (forget about judgement plays).
i.e. 2 weeks ago, when i informed the trail official that one team had 6 players on the floor (it occurred during a live ball because he didn't/couldn't hear the first four times i told him...), he seemed to be angry/upset with me. I later introduced myself to him and we struck up a cordial conversation.
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