A signal might be nice

[Camron Rust]

Originally posted by Back In The Saddle
I've often thought that the foul signals are a motley collection. You've got a few that reflect the nature of the foul: hold, push, hack and hand check. Then you've got a few that denote the type of foul: player control, double, technical and intentional. There are some natures that would gain some additional clarity from a signal: tripping, hooking, pushing off, hit to the head. There are some missing types: flagrant, team control (I could add simultaneous and multiple, but that would just encourage people to call them). But it's a part of our history and culture.

Most often, a simultaneous foul will be such that two different officials each called an foul at approximately the same time (perhaps in completely different areas of the court). Most often, I would expect (and have had it occur) on a long range shot where the shooter is foul while, at the same time, a post player commits a foul while trying to get a rebounding position. I've not had it happen more than a couple of times through the years but it has happened.