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Originally Posted by Pumpy25
just from a fans standpoint. I constantly see on here how coach's, players, analysts are always wrong about rules...of course, thats why your getting PAID to be there. Start telling people the rules then they will know.
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Coaches and analysts get paid to be there as well. You would think that a coach would want to know the rules of the game to the benefit of himself and his team. You'd also think that an analyst would want to know the rules so that he could speak intelligently about the game being broadcast. Players aren't paid (
), but it would behoove them to know the rules as well — of course, most of them (like coaches and analysts) think they know all of the rules just because they have been around the game for a long time.
We should tell these people the rules and they'll just listen, right? You've obviously never had one of these conversations. I've had plenty of instances where a coach was just adamant about his knowledge of a rule, but was dead wrong.
Bottom line: It's their responsibility to educate themselves, not mine.
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Originally Posted by Pumpy25
Like the free throw violation. I havent seen it called all year long, even though its the correct call. So naturally after it happens, i assume there was some meeting to focus on it, and its called again today. When generally I would think watching travels, holds, etc would be more of a focus. But the point is, dont you generally step when games are physical and say something like "watch the hands"....why not do it on the free throw, you should explain to them, because you shouldnt want them to committ the violation...afterall they are all so uneducated about it. If you dont like people infering differently TELL THEM
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I think the referee did say something afterwards and players and coaches are always allowed to ask reasonable, respectful questions about a ruling. It's not our job to warn players about every potential infraction they might incur —*it's their job to know the rules of the game and play accordingly.
The free throw violations were clear and obvious — it doesn't take any focus to call those really. They just don't happen that often, so automatically fans/coaches/analysts/Charles Barkley think that we are wrong on the rule, wrong to call it, etc, etc. One headline over the weekend deemed the lane violation an "unusual call" ... it's not an unusual call — it's an unusual PLAY. Don't blame the ref for making the call —*blame the player for making a boneheaded play. (BTW —*the rule is the same in high school and junior high, so these players should have known about this for many, many years)