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Old Sun Mar 30, 2014, 12:05pm
Camron Rust Camron Rust is offline
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Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. View Post
the official who made the call could have initially ruled that the ball was last touched by both players and gone to a Jump Ball/AP Throw-in, and replay would have showed that he was correct.
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Originally Posted by BillyMac View Post
That was my call initially, in real time, and after only one replay. Did those officials think that you really can't have a ball go out of bounds off of opposing players at the same time?
I've met many official who have actually stated they will pick one or the other even when they think both got it or they couldn't tell who got it last in such a play. They, for some reason, think they calling a held ball is bad (their words, not mine).
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