Travel vs. Carry vs. Legal

[JRutledge]

*Ignoring the ''carry/illegal dribble" when there is no offensive action usually opens one up to applying a "double standard". I mean suppose that the dribbler is just trying to burn time in a close game--and still insists on performing illegal dribbles? We must get that call despite the circumstantial culture of ignoring it.

I did not say anything about ignoring anything. I said not to be overly technical as I would not about any violation when it honestly is not obvious or is not something that the person at the top row of the gym can see. Just like I would not call 3 seconds on a player that has a toenail in the lane. I would want their foot or feet firmly planted in the lane. Same applies here, it would have to be obvious and usually, it is obvious when they are making a move. It is not obvious when no one is within 10 feet of the ball handler and you call a "carry" because a player is alone doing nothing but dribbling the ball. Sorry, not a great career move to make those kinds of calls on a regular basis.

*Whoaaa, JRut, let's not disparage subvarsity refs [weren't we all subvarsity refs at one time?].
Good Subvarsity refs are just as inclined to make proper calls as a good varsity ref would be. A weaker subvar ref is equivalent to a weaker var ref.

Get the stick out of your ass. Maybe your area is different, but where I am the reason guys work sub-varsity games, is because they are not considered good enough to work varsity by the people that assign the games. And some of us were sub varsity officials longer than others. But where I live varsity officials are paid more (for the same amount of time) and work fewer games in a night overall. And a brand new official is not going to work varsity because they are not considered experienced, as knowledgeable about the rules, do not have a good understanding of mechanic and basically are not experienced to deal with the pressure that varsity brings. If stating that is a dig, then we really need to evaluate how assignments are made.

Peace