NPR Story on perception bias

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Kansas Ref

... a high school level basketball official, when I see a simultaneous touch--for example a rebounding situation when: player A, player B, Ball---if player B's hand is contact with ball while attempting to gather and player A comes in and knocks it OOB while also contacting player B's hand, I will just award the ball to player A's team despite the fact that the ball was last in contact with player B's hand.

I've got a better system, by the book, and one that may appear to be right on Grandma's cell phone video.

I give the ball to the opponents of the team that touches it last, or if really simultaneous, go to the arrow, or maybe ask for some help, or accept some help from my partner.

Just a reminder, the contact, as described, is not a foul.

If there really is a foul, I call the foul.