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Originally Posted by IUgrad92
Who friggin' cares about the 4th timeout!!! Sure it was wrong. Did it change the outcome of the game? NO. Have there been games in the past 2-3 years where an incorrect call by the Big Boys did change the outcome of the game? YES.
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There's a big difference between an incorrect call that involves judgement (within reason), and an incorrect call due to procedural/lack of rules knowledge. If you work at any level varsity and above, one should criticized for missing a call due to a lack of rules knowledge. If the replacement officials (or any officials at any high level of play) want to work at the highest level, then they are certainly open to the criticism that comes with it...whether it "changed the outcome of the game." (And we don't know what would have happened if they would have correctly not stopped play for a requested 4th timeout...for all we know, the 5-7 minute break that it took for the officials and league representatives to get the ruling wrong could have given a tired defense some extra rest...we'll never know).
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