Misuse Of Team Control Foul ...

[LRZ]

Originally Posted by Raymond

I don't care how good of an official he is, I'm not letting a partner kick a rather basic rule.

I agree. Although I'm not going to get into an argument (cf. Rich's famous video), I'd certainly approach my partner with the correct rule at that moment.

Moreover, the fact that it's the 4th quarter of a blow-out is all the more reason to "pursue this on the court." In the circumstances, it's likely that the kid who was fouled is a scrub, and he was deprived of his opportunity to shoot those FTs and score.

Several weeks ago, I was watching as three experienced varsity officials awarded FTs on what could only have been a team control foul. I almost called out, from the stands, "Team control?"

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by LRZ

I agree. Although I'm not going to get into an argument (cf. Rich's famous video), I'd certainly approach my partner with the correct rule at that moment.

I wasn't sure at the time that he saw the same contact as me.

In hindsight, I did the right thing by waiting until post game, because since the one on one discussion of team control post game didn't work, it certainly wouldn't have worked very well on the court.

Can we charge a stubborn partner with a technical foul for unruliness?