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Originally Posted by JRutledge
He did not say they were intentionally ignored. Something that is rarely called can also be that way because it is hard to tell. We get the benefit of replay, open look and can look at it over and over to determine. An official on a game has one shot and has to not only see the pivot foot, determine when the violation actually took place. If you do not see it properly, it is not going to be called. I would rather miss a "technical" travel than call one that was not there at all.
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Do you think it was hard to tell on any of these?
I, too, would rather miss one than call one that was wrong. But I would rather call one wrong than "miss" ten, and I think that ratio may be conservative.