John Harris's column in The (Toledo) Blade regarding officials in Pacers-Piston game.

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"You cannot eject someone because they make a foul with the game out of reach. If that is the case there would be an ejection every game."

That is not what I said, would it not be appropriate to be very quick to eject someone who fouls HARD and needlessly when a game is out of reach, as opposed to someone who fouls just as hard, but during a close, intense battle right up 'till the final buzzer.

Obviously a foul is a foul, and you would call it in both instances, but wouldn't you be more willing to toss a player when the game is out of reach, and the foul is completely useless, and just an expression of frustration?