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Originally Posted by rekent
That is the part that bothers me. Had the same play occurred 2 minutes earlier, I don't think there is any way they pass on it. A foul is a foul, from jump to final horn.
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Disagree on all accounts.
1) I don't think this is a foul at any point in the game so to say there is "no way they pass on it" two minutes earlier is flat out wrong IMO.
2) I really wish we would stop with the "foul is a foul" nonsense. There are generally three kinds of contact. Illegal, marginal, and incidental.
The illegal and incidental are easy to call as fouls or non fouls respectively. It's the marginal contact where officials earn their stripes and have to use their judgement and discretion.
There are marginal contact plays that I may call a foul in a 40 point blowout that you wouldnt call in a close contest. There are marginal plays that you arent sure about that you may call in the first quarter but wouldn't in the last minute. That's just the way it is.
The "foul is a foul" stuff sounds good but is not how things work in the real world where officials have to make decisions and apply the rules intelligently.