I think the NBA rule is different is it not?

I called a violation very similar to this in a BV game early in the season directly in front of an opposing coach at the end of 1st half. He yelled for it and I called it at nearly the exact time. As my partners and I were walking into the locker room, one of my partners told me never to call that again and I shouldn't even be looking there. Now, he's got 30+ years of experience and half of that doing college games, but I disagree with that philosophy.
If I hadn't of called it, I would have had some explaining to do to that coach. I've continued to call it as the rule says to.

Exactly! If the powers that be don't want that called, they can change the rule.

The last thing we need is to need a secret decoder ring to know which rules are rules and which ones are not. One of my pet peeves is people who make things up...either to call or to not call....that have no basis in the rules even by way of liberal interpretation.

I'm pretty sure the NBA has the same rule for the shooter -- but no one usually cares. (Shaq got called a few times back when he was with the Lakers after coaches made an issue of the fact he was stepping over on every shot.)

Was your partner telling you this because you called it from T and he was C? In that case he has a point, but if the violation was so obvious that you and the coach could see if from T then he should be calling it, and I don't have a problem with you calling it either (again, if the violation was egregious).

I guess it is fair to say that you have never had a bottle of Riesling then posted on this site.....