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Another thought...don't or haven't we all at some point set aside the traveling rule at some point? Think about it: you're working a game with young kids or even a JV game where one or both teams is lousy. Kids are shuffling all over the place. Do you blow your whistle every time? I'm going to guess the answer is 'no' simply because we don't want to a 32-minute game to take three hours to play. However, you do try to get every foul because you don't want anyone hurt, you don't want a fight or a combination of the two.
I'm not saying NBA officials set aside the travel rule. We do need to realize:
1. The NBA's travel rule is different than the NCAA and NF rules
2. The NBA is about entertainment -- when we media types use file video from the NBA the courtesy is "NBA Entertainment." That's not an accident.
3. They, like many of us, have probably been told to call travels when they take place but if a call is to be missed better it be a travel as opposed to a foul. Missed travels lead to arguments. Missed fouls lead to fights.
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