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Originally posted by Zebra1
I look at it this way: This is a game of angles. If one official calls PC, he/she must have seen something FROM THEIR ANGLE, and if the other comes up with block, he/she must have seen something to justify that FROM THEIR ANGLE.
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I agree that it's a game of angles, see the whole play, referee the defense, etc. But the bottom line is that the play cannot be both a PC and a block. Either the defender was there legally or he was not.
More often than not, one of the officials didn't have a good enough look at the play or picked up the play late. In those cases, the crash invariably looks like a block.
Who's to say who is right? Out on the court, probably nobody. It happens too fast, and you don't want to start reviewing judgment calls. But the tape will tell you who was right after the game.
The key is to decide
ahead of time how the situation will be handled. Who will call it if it comes from the T's area? Who will call it if it's a secondary defender? Once you answer those questions in your pre-game, you have to have the discipline to hold your secondary signal unless the crew has agreed that it's your call.
Just my two cents.
Chuck