Are refs afraid to make tough calls?

[Hartsy]

Seems to me that most overlook a lot of things that could be penalized routinely, like the incident you mentioned. I'm not sure if that is a good or bad thing. Usually, it isn't a big deal I suppose.

Similar to setting the tone of play by how we call fouls in the early going, maybe we should watch some of the other things early, too.

My peeve is coaches not having the team ready to go at the end of a time out. Beginning the 5 second count with the ball on the floor usually fixes that for the remainder of the game. I've never put the ball in the hands of a team after a TO before the defense is ready, but I suppose it could be done. Imagine that one.

If they didn't have 5 inside the boundary lines when play began, they would play with what they had, or suffer the illegal sub T.

JH