Passed on a backcourt violation

[DownTownTonyBrown]

Originally posted by eventnyc
I had a situation in a BV Game where I passed on calling a backcourt. ...The defender,...slightly bumped him. The bump caused one of his feet to extend about two inches into the backcourt. It was either call the foul on the slight bump, backcourt violation (which I would not even consider), or pass. I passed. The coach probably saw the same thing as he didn't complain...

I sympathize with you man. It sounds like what you did worked out well... so maybe it was alright that "you didn't see it."

Two inches into the backcourt is the line width (the line is in the backcourt) so I'm assuming that his toe was not extending beyond the line. Perhaps the coach didn't know the rule (for shame! Imagine that!) Or perhaps the coach didn't see the violation. Possibly he understood. (It's happened before.)

It is a treacherous ground to forego making calls for game flow and maintenance of advantage/disadvantage. But we all do it. Repeatedly. Every game. Sometimes it stings but generally it is sweetness.

I can't count how many times I've had players and coaches start to complain about the lack of a call only to stop in mid-complaint when they realize that I'm right in the middle of it, looking at the exact same thing they are looking at, and I didn't make a call.

You found sweetness on this no call.