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Old Thu Sep 19, 2013, 11:07am
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Originally Posted by just another ref View Post
Yes, the whole concept is meaningless. It was a similar play. It did not get a call. All this was correctly done.

Sure, as a rule, similar plays get the same call. But there are always exceptions, and the exception is just as likely to occur on the next possession as it is an hour later.


Just call the game.
Not exactly.

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Originally Posted by rockyroad View Post
It was not a similar play.

It might have looked similar, but it was not similar.
Exactly. I understand jar's point; to a point.

The fact is taking a good concept too far is always a problem. Similar plays should have the same result; but the only ones who can define "similar" are the ones in our position on the court; not the coaches. And, unfortunately, not the observer sitting half a football field away from the call.
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