How would you handle this sitch?

[ChuckS]

Originally Posted by thedewed

Seriously, everyone on the other side must be joking. c'mon, take a step back. you are not seeing the forest for the trees here. embarrassing.

And you are not seeing the biosphere for the forest. It sets a dangerous precedent to change a call based on what a player says. We have all read sad stories of a firefighter who is found guilty of arson, in his hope to be a hero. You don't think a kid is capable of a fib on an OOB play, so he can later be praised for his honesty and sportsmanship? And has been stated here, the kid may think the ball was out on him, but that might not be 100% accurate.

The bottom line is that we can't rely on what a kid says to change a call!

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by ChuckS

... the kid may think the ball was out on him, but that might not be 100% accurate.

Agree. Officials can make mistakes, so can players.

One big difference between players and officials, officials are the only totally, 100%, unbiased people in the gym, that's why we're there.

Everybody else in the gym, even the table, and the police officer in the corner, has a dog in the fight.

Everybody else.

Officials are on the court to be the only unbiased arbiters of the game. Officials are not concerned with who wins, or loses, but only fairness, and safety. Everyone else in that gym cares about winning, and therefore, cannot look at the game objectively. Players commit fouls, and violations; officials view those infractions, judge the action, and then apply the rules of the game to what they had observed. The rules then determine the penalty.