Block-Charge (Philosophy Question)

[Jay R]

One philosophy that exists is to call it consistently all game. Last night, I watched a HS playoff game where the first bang-bang call was a block. Next close call was a block again. You could have argued that both calls were charges but they were consistent. There was one call later that I disagreed with because the offensive player pushed the defender with his off-arm before the crash. Still the call was a block. The officials did an excellent job overall.

I will agree that there are too many times where we officials take the easy way out with a block when the defender has done nothing wrong. You make the "right" call only to hear a chorus of comments like: "He wasn't set" "He didn't have both feet on the floor".