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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
In reverse, the reason for what is in blue being true is because you buy into the silliness in red and would purposely make the incorrect call in black instead of simply applying the rules properly.
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Got this mindset from an NBA official who lives in the area and stays connected to our board, where he started 20+ years ago. I'm going with his point of view.
It's not about purposely making an incorrect call. It's about choosing the appropriate application of the rules, and in this case the boundary between PC/intentional and intentional/flagrant is subjective to begin with. That said, in defense of dignity, I suppose if the personal foul were blatantly flagrant, I wouldn't have much of a choice because the DQ of that player would be very important at that point. I'll give you that.
Officiating is an art, not a science.